Blueys Kitchen

Blueys Kitchen is the westside breakfast spot that opened in Santa Monica in 2015 and now pours a properly considered matcha board out of two kitchens. The owners started with breakfast on Berkeley Street, built a local following they credit for everything since, and opened a second kitchen in Mar Vista in 2022 around affordable meals and locally sourced produce. The matcha is unsweetened organic ceremonial grade at both addresses. The Matcha Horchata Latte is built on a horchata mix and finished with cinnamon, while the Matcha Americano is matcha and water served on the rocks or hot. The Matcha Tonic is the one to order first, and Mar Vista pours its version with Nekohama matcha, fresh squeezed lime juice, simple syrup, citrus oils and orange peel. What we love is the Surf Report page on the website, which is a live Surfline feed of the Venice Breakwater cam and nothing else. It tells you exactly who this place is for. The food runs to The Bowl Formerly Known As Prince, ChiLAquiles and the Little Gordo Sammy, Mar Vista has added dinner service, and every page signs off with see you on the westside.