This 'Old' Pier House
THE SUCCESSOR OF VENICE TERRACE BLENDS FRESH IDEAS WITH NODS TO THE PAST TO CREATE A BEACH VIBE ALL ITS OWN
For more than 70 years, The Venice Terrace stood a stone’s throw from the Venice Fishing Pier. The longtime locals’ haunt known for its white-and-yellow awnings shuttered back in February, but reemerged this summer as The Pier House.
The new concept wants you to feel as though the restaurant has been a part of Venice since Abbot Kinney opened his Coney Island on the Pacific more than a century ago. The interior is decorated with historic postcards of Venice displayed as treasured memorabilia, homages to The Doors and Steve Nicks (photographed for People magazine on the rooftop of her Venice condo), and even vintage fortune-teller cards in a nod to Venice’s colorful past.
“They spent a lot of time collecting these items and putting them together to give it that vintage vibe, like it’s been sitting here a long time,” says founder & CEO of Create Hospitality Lauren Koeppe, who consulted the Venice Restaurant Group (also behind The Venice Whaler) on bringing the “story” of Pier House to life as the restaurant’s creative director.
READ MORE