A New Yorker's Guide To Partying In L.A.

Now that we have the best hotels in the city covered, it's time we move on to dining. Let's take a little trip to Santa Monica harbor, where the 11,000 square foot Meat on Ocean serves an impressive meat-focused menu, as its name would suggest.

When you walk in, you'll see a wall full of tagged steaks ready to serve - they're butchered and dried in-house in the Dry Aging Room. The butchers are encouraged to talk to guests about the different cuts of beef, chicken, home-made sausages and pork ribs.

You can say Meat on Ocean is an adventurous restaurant, with an unusual depth of understanding about meat products and animal rights. All of their meat is supplied by small free-range farms that allow the animals to live a happy healthy lifestyle. 

The ambiance here is rustic chic, with giant red leather booths and notes of brown and wood throughout. It's really a romantic place, perfect for impressing your date after a long day at the beach. Try the Duck Rillettes with fig jam and goat cheese and the Jumbo Lump Crab Cake as appetizers. Move on to the raw bar for crab claws, but leave room for the main chop. We suggest trying the wet-aged (30-45 days) steak from Washington's Okanagan region or the American Wagyu. If you really want to impress your date, order the Japanese Satsuma Wagyu.

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