A new café and cocktail bar just landed in Venice!
Founded by a husband and wife and inspired by the café culture of Roma Norte in Mexico City, ¡Salud! is bringing some fresh energy to Los Angeles.
“With ¡Salud!, we wanted a space that feels like home,” said founders Richard and Celia Sanchez Lara in a statement. “We had a vision of creating a gathering place that offers everything we love to experience ourselves – specialty coffee, great food, elevated cocktails – in a setting that is down to earth and has great energy. Every detail, from the menu to the music, was intentionally designed to foster warmth, connection and a sense of belonging.”
¡Salud! will serve craft coffee and Latin-inspired breakfast by day, then transform into an intimate cocktail bar by night with tapas, DJ sets, and more.
Executive Chef Dario Pantoja is overseeing the menu, and the coffee is in collaboration with Compelling Coffee Roasters.
What’s on the menu?
Coffee:
- Flat whites
- Cortados
- Nutty Mazapan Latte made with tahini oil and de la rosa syrup
- Iced Matcha Colada with a house-made pineapple puree and sweet vanilla coconut cream top
- Muerte Mocha, featuring xocholatl chocolate and homemade muerte spice
Breakfast:
- Pan Con Todo layers avocado with pickled onion and Fresno chiles on seeded country bread
- Churro Waffle offers a sweet counterpoint with cajeta, fresh berries, and whipped espresso butter
- ¡Salud! Breakfast Burrito combines crispy tots, chipotle jack cheese, black bean spread, avocado, and Calabrian chile aioli, with a choice of bacon, Spanish chorizo, or soyrizo.
- Pulguita de Huevo brings together jamon serrano, queso fresco, spinach, pickled onion, and salsa roja on a sourdough English muffin
Dinner
- Yucatan Tuna Tostones pair fried plantain with citrus jicama slaw
- Boquerones Clasicos highlight Spanish white anchovies with garlic, lemon, oregano oil and grilled baguette
- Albondiga Burger reinterprets Mexican flavors through guajillo ketchup, cumin and black garlic aioli
- Koji Aged Hanger Steak is served with smoked ancho, sunchoke mousseline and charred shishito chimichurri
Cocktails
- House Margarita, elevated with a labor-intensive acid-adjusted lime and orange cordial
- Mami Chula, featuring a sous-vide-infused clarified grapefruit cordial that is force-carbonated as it’s being served
- Bebé Dorado, crafted with avocado and mint syrup and butterfly pea flower-infused singani
- Espresso de Olla Martini, a tribute to Oaxaca, made with specialty Oaxacan coffee liqueur and cinnamon-infused syrup
📍 ¡Salud!, 417 Washington Blvd, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292
📆 Open Wednesday through Monday, Cafe: 7:00am – 2:00pm, Bar/Tapas: 5:00pm – 10:00pm
