Nicolas Eatery (CLOSED)

Housed in a strip mall on the hillside-facing side of PCH, Nicolas Eatery is a pleasantly low-key Californian cuisine spot that also has a hidden patio out back. Here, chef Nicolas Fanucci, who has worked at fine dining spots like Le Cirque in New York and the now-closed Bouchon in Beverly Hills, whips up decadent, seafood-centric crowd-pleasers like lobster mac and cheese, mango salsa-topped loup de mer and French onion soup-flavored animal fries topped with a sunny side up egg.