Mar Vista’s New Cal-Ital Neighborhood Spot Pays Charming Homage to its Historic Roots

Beethoven Market dining room. | Ashley Randall Photography Cobi’s co-founder Jeremy Adler debuts his stunner Beethoven Market this weekend In 2023, Jeremy Adler bought Beethoven Market, a former Mar Vista grocery staple that served the community for 75 years. The market was less than a mile from his home, and Adler hoped to turn this prominent corner into a breezy day-to-night restaurant and community gathering place.

That journey takes a successful turn as Adler and chef Michael Leonard debut a new iteration of Beethoven Market on the corner of Palms and Beethoven Boulevards on Saturday, March 29, 2025.As a Studio City native, the Cobi’s co-founder leaned into Beethoven Market and Mar Vista’s historic status. Beethoven Market originally opened in 1949 as a corner grocery store that used to have a live butcher.



During demolition and construction, Adler restored the original wood ceiling, steel beams, and even found a meat scale holdover from the original business, which is plastered above the expediting station. It took Leonard — whose first kitchen job out of culinary school in 2009 was at Rustic Canyon during chef Evan Funke’s tenure — months to finalize the menu. Beethoven Market straddles California and Italian cooking with focaccia, crispy artichokes, and citrus salad for starters.

Long before Mar Vista was a Westside suburb, it was a farmland that grew lima beans. The octopus with lima bean, escarole, and preserved Meyer lemon pays homage to its past. The team spent months perfecting the pizza dough — on its pizzas, diners will find toppings like mushroom, pepperoni, and clams with Meyer lemon.

Eight pastas are also on deck with linguine al limone and bucatini arrabbiata.The open kitchen’s fire is impossible to miss, a centerpiece from which the team will prepare snapper, hanger steak, and pork collar with herbs, roasted fennel, and apple. The kitchen also features a custom rotisserie that evokes a trebuchet from the Middle Ages.

It’s an eye-catching contraption, imagined by Adler and made by the Atlanta-based Grills by Demant, that redistributes chicken drippings back to the bird. Former Cassia bartender Nicole Mitchell developed Beethoven Market’s cocktail menu. Find summery spritzes and riffs on classic drinks like the tequila-based margarita with dry Curacao liqueur, lime, orange, and agave.

The White Stallion uses gin, white vermouth, Suze bitters, and Momenpop Seville orange liqueur.Diners or visitors can have a meal or come in to purchase a bottle of wine or goods from local vendors like Echo Park’s Canyon Coffee, cheese and charcuterie specialist Lady & Larder, or spices from Dalkin & Co. (Or, even better, both.

) Tara Bean Designs took care of the interior revamp for the 140-person dining room, 24-seat bar, and stunning patio lined with lavender and rosemary bushes, kumquat trees, and a 30-year-old olive tree. It’s a mix of natural light with an oak herringbone floor, custom marble countertops, and French doors that open to the patio. The next closest restaurants to Beethoven Market are Blueys and BBQ & Rice a half-mile away on Venice Boulevard; Beethoven’s arrival signals a new destination off the main drag.

Adler says that Beethoven Market will move into weekend brunch, weekday breakfast, and lunch in the coming months.Adler doesn’t want to disturb the neighborhood during late hours, so Beethoven Market will be open Sunday through Wednesday from 5 p.m.

to 9 p.m., until 10 p.

m. Thursday through Sunday, closed Tuesdays, with happy hour from 4 p.m.

to 5 p.m. at 12904 Palms Boulevard, Mar Vista, CA, 90066.

Crispy artichokes and house salad. Citrus, fennel, and mint salad. Bucatini arrabbiata and mushroom pizza Linguine al limone.

Full spread. White Stallion cocktail with gin, white vermouth, Suze, Mommenpop Seville orange aperitif. Mirror view.

Bar adjacent seating. Palms Boulevard view. Sconces and seating.

Wine storage next to bar. Kitchen meet. Patio seating.

Patio entry. Corner view of Palms and Beethoven Boulevards. Entry.

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