Palisades Village Is Back: Every Pacific Palisades Restaurant Open Now (Fall 2026)

In May, the sit-down dining options in Pacific Palisades were a Mexican cantina and a breakfast cafe. Six months later, you can take a 50-ounce porterhouse from Nancy Silverton out to a patio overlooking the Village green, or book a seat at a sushi counter hidden behind a curtain. The Palisades isn’t rebuilt. Most of Via de la Paz is still dark, and the burn zone starts a few blocks from the Village. But for the first time since January 2025, the neighborhood has a dining scene again, and it’s worth driving across town for. Here’s everything that’s open, what to order, and what’s still missing.

The Village Reopened. Here’s What Actually Changed.

Palisades Village reopened on Saturday, August 15, with a concert and a crowd that treated it as a homecoming. The center itself was largely spared by the fire. The 19-month closure came from smoke, remediation, and a neighborhood that had nobody left living nearby to shop. Caruso says it spent more than $100 million getting it back. The center is 99% leased, and per Caruso’s CFO, about a third of the businesses are new to the property. That ratio is why the Village feels different. It’s the same place with a stronger food lineup than it had before the fire.

The biggest gap is Erewhon, which isn’t expected back until January 2027. For a center whose foot traffic once ran on smoothie runs, that hole is noticeable. In its place, the restaurants have become the reason to come.

Spacca Tutto: The Reason to Make the Drive

The headliner opened Thursday, October 15 in the old Draycott space. It’s Nancy Silverton’s first restaurant west of the 405, and if you’ve eaten at chi SPACCA on Melrose, you know what that means. Silverton is a five-time James Beard winner and the Foundation’s 2026 Lifetime Achievement honoree. Spacca Tutto (“split everything”) is her take on the Italian-American steakhouse: Australian Wagyu, a 50-ounce Creekstone porterhouse, picanha Dal Rae with bacon, scallions and black pepper, lobster Newberg, and whole branzino. The Focaccia di Recco is the paper-thin, cheese-filled flatbread that makes chi SPACCA regulars order two. Also on the menu: Nancy’s Burger, a Spacca Caesar, and creamed spinach with black kale and melted leeks. The wine list runs close to 250 Italian and California bottles.

The room is a production. AvroKO designed it around the idea of an Italian conservatory, with travertine, dark wood, burgundy banquettes, and a hand-painted botanical mural. A central bar ties the 108 seats together, and a covered patio looks out over the Village’s communal green. Operating partner Paul Pruitt of New School Hospitality says he wants it to be “the living room for the neighborhood,” and he’s been explicit about the bar: “Come as you are, forget the reservation, the formality.”

Our take: dinner here is a splurge night (The Infatuation lists it at $$$$), and prime-time tables will be hard to get for months. The move is lunch. You get the same room and patio, the focaccia, and the burger, at a fraction of a porterhouse dinner’s price, and it’s the easiest way in while the dinner book stays full. Or take Pruitt up on it and walk in for a martini at the bar. 15255 Palisades Village Ln • lunch daily 11:30am–2pm, dinner 5–9pm (until 10pm Fri–Sat) • OpenTable • (310) 459-3210.

“Six months ago the dining scene was a cantina and a breakfast cafe. Now it’s a reason to drive across town.”

Alphabet Bar & Grill: The One Locals Will Actually Use

Spacca Tutto is the destination, and Alphabet Bar & Grill is the weeknight spot. It opened with the Village in mid-August, a partnership between The h.wood Group and chef Timothy Hollingsworth, who ran the kitchen at The French Laundry as chef de cuisine before going on to win a James Beard award. It’s named for the Palisades’ beloved Alphabet Streets, and the menu matches that neighborhood-first idea. It’s American grill classics reworked with California ingredients, some of them pulled from the farmers market that sets up a few steps away. Save room for the $14 desserts, an old-school lineup of lemon cake, caramel sundae, and strawberry shortcake. It serves lunch and dinner daily, and it’s the place most likely to become the Palisades’ default “meet you there” restaurant.

The Returning Favorites (Plus One Hidden Counter)

Blue Ribbon Sushi was one of the Village’s first restaurants, and it came back with an expanded patio over the lawn and a secret. Ueki is an omakase counter tucked behind a curtain in a corner of the dining room, with only a handful of seats. Early reports say there’s one seating Wednesday through Friday and two on weekends, so check the reservation page before you plan around it. Co-founder Bruce Bromberg calls it a more personal way to eat their fish. For a date night, it’s the most interesting reservation in the neighborhood (and if you’re building a whole evening, our West LA date night guide has more).

Angelini Ristorante & Bar returned to the same space with the same big patio, and co-owner Tancredi DeLuca kept nearly everything identical, except the kitchen, which now belongs to new chef Lucio Bedon. Regulars will find their old table. They’ll just want to check whether their usual order made the transition.

Rounding out the Village: Porta Via for a power breakfast, Alfred for coffee, McConnell’s Fine Ice Creams for the walk around the green, and K Bakery, the longtime local bakery that has bounced around the neighborhood since the fire and has now landed at 1061 Swarthmore Ave (the old Jemma Pizzeria space), baking Tuesday through Sunday. And the Palisades Farmers Market is back on Swarthmore, now on Wednesdays from 1:30 to 5:30pm.

Beyond the Village: The Places That Held the Town Together

Don’t skip these. For more than a year they were the only places open, and they’re the reason anyone came up Sunset at all.

Palisades Garden Cafe (15231 La Cruz Dr) was the first restaurant to reopen after the fire, and it still opens at 6:30 every morning for breakfast plates and burgers. Its manager says locals who are still displaced call in just to check on the staff. That tells you what this place became. Prima Cantina (15246 Sunset Blvd) has been serving tacos and margaritas since May 2025, and since September 27 it has also hosted Pali Drip, a morning coffee bar (6–11:30am daily) that took over Estate Coffee’s old job of fueling the neighborhood, after Estate’s Via de la Paz shop went quiet. Next door, Pali Trading Post (15248 Sunset) is a general store for gourmet treats, candy and gifts, and it’s turned into a neighborhood meeting point.

Up in the Highlands, Spruzzo (538 Palisades Dr), the family-run Italian-American spot, is open again, with Moku Sushi (524 Palisades Dr) a few doors down. Coming soon: Café Vida, whose original Antioch Street location burned after 23 years. It’s relocating to 548 Palisades Dr. The owners filed for a liquor license and targeted fall, but it hasn’t opened as of this writing.

And down where Sunset meets the coast, the Channel Road strip at the mouth of Santa Monica Canyon is fully back in business: Giorgio Baldi, The Golden Bull, Caffé Delfini, and the Canyon Square shops, with Gladstones holding down PCH. Pair any of them with a walk along Palisades Park or one of our favorite sunset spots.

What’s Still Missing

It would be dishonest to call this a full comeback. Erewhon is months away. The former Gelson’s at Sunset and Via de la Paz shows no significant construction, and Via de la Paz as a whole remains mostly shuttered. The newest tenant there, the crowdfunded Palisades Towne Hall at 861 Via de la Paz, hosts only private events while it waits on a tasting-room license. Dozens of pre-fire restaurants aren’t on any reopening list. The Village is an island of normal inside a neighborhood that is still mostly construction sites, and you’ll see that on the drive in.

That’s also the best argument for going. Every lunch at Spacca Tutto and every coffee at Pali Drip is foot traffic that tells the next business owner it’s safe to sign a lease. The holiday tree lighting and menorah celebration are expected back at the Village in December. If you need a reason to make the trip, that’s a good one.