Brunch. Manhattan. Beach.

Manhattan Beach Post
POST BANGIN’ BRUNCH

She called it one of the most surprising openings of the year. As one of the Best Meals of 2011, Los Angeles Times Restaurant Critic S. Irene Virbila lists her experience at M.B. Post as one of 2011’s most memorable. The upscale Water Grill in Downtown LA with Chef David LeFevre at the helm for years has been our favorite seafood restaurant, and that hasn’t changed. But now this Michelin-starred chef is in the South Bay, our neck of the woods, down at the beach, and we’re thrilled.

M.B Post serves imaginative, artisan global-style dishes in a casually sophisticated atmosphere that purposefully lends itself to a “social house” setting. It’s a fresh brilliant concept where sliding doors open onto the street, with beach-town ambiance, but in a non-stereotypical fashion.

The Chef began offering his Post Bangin’ Brunch in January. Hooray.

“Congrats to our team!!
Nominated for Best New Restaurant in America & Best Chef Pacific by the James Beard Foundation.
Big THANK YOU to the best guests in America!!”

{brunch on a sunny weekend morning in manhattan beach}

A rustic flower bouquet. Relaxed engaging service (thanks Angela). Warm rough wood and natural light. Friendly, gregarious guests. M.B. post is housed in an old post office on Manhattan Avenue a couple blocks from the historic Manhattan Beach pier. It has that neighborhood feel, as a welcome community hang-out or a place for tourists to enjoy and experience this charming seaside town.

{breads}

bacon cheddar buttermilk biscuits, maple butter
*Jonathan Gold’s Best Dishes of 2011
“what you are going to dream about tonight”

{eggs plus}

asparagus, creamy polenta, bianco sardo
*our top pick

scrambled egg, chorizo spiced pork, pepperjack, yam

with jimmy’s mom’s salsa verde

{hand-crafted cocktails}

red-eye with tito’s handmade vodka, belgian pilsner, tomato, dill, picante, quail egg

{weekend parcels}

burrata & roasted pepper sandwich, green olive pesto, pretzel bread
house chips

truffle honey laced fried chicken
kohlrabi slaw

{champagne}

A stellar bottle of Champagne is presented by the manager wearing an untucked, rolled-up sleeve plaid shirt. So relaxed. So South Bay. So M.B Post.

Billecart-Salmon Extra Brut 2004, a blend of 40% Pinot Meunier, 35% Pinot Noir and 25% Chardonnay is indeed quite dry, as expected. Bright, fresh, intense. Aromas of apples and warm brioche. Flavors of orchard fruits. Refreshing, complex, mature. One of life’s sweet pleasures is a fine bubbly paired with a fabulous brunch… (Thanks, Rob).

{restaurant scenes}

{sweet ending}

spiced apple hand pies, salted caramel sauce

sticky buns, pecan and brown sugar

{take a stroll after brunch}

M.B. Post
1142 Manhattan Ave.
Manhattan Beach, California
(310) 545-5405
eatMBpost.com @ChefDLeFevre