Broadway Deli
1457 Third Street Promenade
Santa Monica, CA
310-451-0616

Bruce Marder's casual deli has all the requisite Jewish comfort foods like matzo ball soup and pastrami sandwiches. It also has salads, pizzas, pastas and steaks. Situated on the cusp of the Third Street Promenade, it's always packed. Some of the more tony customers get their cars valet parked at night or on the weekends. You get the feeling that a lot of deals are made here, movie and otherwise. Open every day for breakfast, lunch, dinner and late-night snacking. Dinner for two: $40.


Hours: Mon.-Thu., 7 a.m.-midnight; Fri., 7 a.m.-1 a.m.; Sat., 8 a.m.-1 a.m.; Sun., 8 a.m.-midnight.