Beachwood Restaurant Venice Beach CA

Friday night, March 4th was filled with a lot of "everything". A lot of wine, beef, cheese and cocktails. Many of my favorite things.
The weekend kicked off with a glass of Pinot Grigio in the last hour of work with my staff. It's always a nice gesture to sip wine and beer, contemplate the week and plan for the following week. In my office, we practice this simple step in production with great expertise.

The night began when I met the Daraz at Beachwood on Washington Blvd in Venice Beach.
http://www.beechwoodrestaurant.com/home.php
We started with a bottle of La Violette from France and the cheese plate. The cheese went very well with the wine and the bread for spreading was mighty flavorful.
For dinner, I had the Really Good Burger, D1 had the Grilled Culotte Steak and D2 had the Kobe Beef Cheeks. For dessert we had the Warm Apple Crostada.
The music is contemporary alternative hits, which we appreciated and commented on, often. The crowd ranges from mid forties to early 20's. Hip, stylish, L.A. types celebrating birthdays, anniversaries or, like us, friendship. We ate in the restaurant and our only complaint was the Kobe Beef Cheeks. These are gross, bland and boring. The texture is disgusting. Maybe we don't know our cheeks, but we each sampled and we each gagged a little.
The Really Good burger was really good and the mix of regular fries with sweet potato fries made us very happy.
We closed out of dinner and stopped in the bar to sample the signature cocktails.
I enjoyed two sidecars and the Daraz had cocktails, which I forget, I had two sidecars, so I was feeling good.
The bar patrons consisted of couples and singles seated on couches and loungers. It's a bit of a meat market, which wasn't an issue for us, we are single ladies. When the 21 year old hit on us, we ate it up and shortly sent him on his way.
The service was perfect in the restaurant and bar.
Our final rating is- RAD. Three votes out of three.
Don't eat the cheeks and make reservations for dinner.
Valet parking is provided as is a daily Happy Hour.