Tom Coates: My home neighborhood and a brilliant place in between the 18th street shops and restaurants, Mission Dolores Park, the Mission itself (must visit), the Castro and Dubuce triangle.
Great Russell St (btwn Montague & Bloomsbury St), Londres, Greater London
Musée d'histoire · 1013 conseils et avis
Tom Coates: Of the world’s greatest museums if not the world’s greatest museum. Go for the Rosetta Stone, the Elgin marbles, the amazing Mesopotamian structures and the great court in the center.
Tom Coates: Replica of a Roman villa, featuring Greek Roman and other Mediterranean antiquities. The villa itself is a bit cheesy but the exhibits are great and the modern architecture that surrounds it is great
Coffee Shop · Mission Dolores · 81 conseils et avis
Tom Coates: Really welcome addition to the neighborhood. Good coffee and snacks in an area that has been a little lacking before. Good place to get a little work done if it’s not too busy.
1636 Silver Lake Blvd (at Effie St), Los Angeles, CA
Coffee Shop · Silver Lake · 158 conseils et avis
Tom Coates: Okay this place is pretty great. Great pastry collection, good coffee and a full menu for the rest of the day/evening. The matcha tea cake was delicious.
400 Beach Street (btw Riverside Ave & Cliff St), Santa Cruz, CA
Zone piétonne · Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk · 186 conseils et avis
Tom Coates: Okay, look. This is not a place to come for classy evenings and sophistication. It’s more of a kids and spring break kind of place. But it is pretty good fun and it’s sunny and outside.
Restaurant de fruits de mer · 116 conseils et avis
Tom Coates: Must stop if you’re coming down the coast. Fresh seafood, by the beach, bikers, surfers. I love it. My favorite is to get a pound of fresh shrimp from the seafood side steamed with lemon and sauce
Ocean Front Walk (at E Market St), Los Angeles, CA
Skatepark · Venice Beach · 61 conseils et avis
Tom Coates: Watching people skateboard on a sunny day in Venice is just brilliant. Amazing place for tourists to soak up some of what is unique about LA
56 Windward Ave (btwn Pacific & Speedway), Venice, CA
Coffee Shop · 96 conseils et avis
Tom Coates: There’s a picture to the right of the counter. Behind it is their secret menu. I’m bizarrely a fan of their Charcoal-ate Milkshake which contains charcoal but they also have more normal options