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Snack Attack

Sumptuous donuts or a healthy green smoothie...how about both?

Since 2015 Blue Star Donuts (a Portlandian original) has been baking gourmet donuts and making brioche dough, glazes, and fillings from scratch at 3:00am every day on Abbot Kinney.

A selection of donuts
Donuts in the case with signs

Flavors include Hard Apple Cider Fritter, Cointreau Creme Brûlée, and Valrhona Chocolate Crunch. The best part of this shop is that everything's out in the open, so you can see how the donuts get made from start to sweet finish.

Erewhon - a healthy alternative

The name can be hard to pronounce, but it's just nowhere spelled backwards.

Erewhon, a speciality health food store, first opened in 1968 and continues to serve its local community with superfoods (or a balance in lifestyle when we've maybe had one too many donuts) at four locations including the popular Venice spot packed with farmers market worthy fruits and vegetables, flowers, juice concoctions, bone broth, soups and prepared food like we want to make at home.

Erewhon store front
Selection of vegetables
Citrus selection at erewhon
A selection of vitamin C shots
Homemade soups and broth at erewhon
Fresh flowers at Erewhon
Women in all denim outfits
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Contributors

Krystal Chang

Krystal Chang is a writer, architect, floral and landscape designer. She lives and works in Santa Monica, over the hill from where she grew up in the San Fernando Valley. Her favorite moments in Venice are discovering the walking streets and dinner time at Gjusta.

Tammy Buchanan

Tammy Buchanan is a freelance writer, born & bred in Los Angeles. She spent much of her formative years cavorting around the Venice boardwalk, chasing the spirit of Jim Morrison. More recently, you can find her oversharing via various online publications.

We would love to give a big thanks to our one and only illustrator, Anna Vignet. Thank you also to Cody Sonntag, Jeffrey Hwang, Triana Cristobal, Christina Graci (Caudalie), Chase Erachi, Heidi Johnson (Hijinx Management), Alex Gallindo (Hourglass), Taylor Cole, Stan Spry (The Cartel), Adam Sinclair, Dan Broadley (Svelte), Damien Farhenfort (General Admission), Cody Metzger (SPY), Matt Ellis and the Matt Ellis Band, Michael Bolger, Liesa Norman/The Leisure Principle, Raoul and the Big Time, Sven Kamm and Alan Boyd. Last but not least, we couldn't have done this without the tireless, talented efforts of Nick Noble who helped us create Just a Moment from scratch.