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Enjoy the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade!

You're viewing pictures of Santa Monica's 3rd Street Promenade in the slide show above. This popular shopping destination just a stone's throw from the beautiful blue Pacific Ocean is a tourist attraction in its own right. Not only does it offer great shopping...it's also a lovely place to visit, as well.

Included in the slide show pictures of Santa Monica's Third Street Promenade you'll see such popular stores as Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle, Anthropologie, Bebe, L'Occitane, RipCurl, Clarks Shoes, Crocs Shoes, Sephora Cosmetics, Borders Books and more.

Santa Monica is certainly a handy place for its visitors! Within a 2 to 3 block area, you can do some serious shopping or simply have fun---or do both! On another page (under the "beaches" category), we've already talked about the fun you can have at the Santa Monica beach, pier and Pacific Park amusement park on the pier. (If you missed seeing that page of this website, you can see it at Santa Monica Pier and Beach.

On THIS page, we'll talk about another fun area of Santa Monica, the 3rd Street Promenade. The Third Street Promenade is only 2 blocks from the beach---so, you don't really have to choose one activity or the other. You can easily enjoy both in one afternoon!

On the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade, you can have some family fun taking in a movie at one of the cinemas. Or, you can enjoy watching some of the street performers who call the Promenade their "office!" On the other hand, The Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade offers you the chance to do some serious shopping. Stores here sell clothing for the whole family, jewelry, shoes and accessories...and even electronics, books and toys. You can buy simple knick-knacks...like souvenir mugs and keychains; but you can also decorate your home with outstanding fine art from a gallery. What a selection!

You won't go hungry at Santa Monica's 3rd Street Promenade...where you'll find all sorts of dining options from snack bars to fine dining. And, if you can't find what you need on the open-air Promenade, you can enter the adjacent 3-story Santa Monica Place Mall and search there. On this page, we'll cover the details of all of these topics. For directions to the 3rd Street Promenade and the Santa Monica Place Mall, please see the bottom of this page.

Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade -- Shopping

Choose from a long list of Third Street stores!

You'll find locations of many popular stores along the 3rd Street Promenade, as well as some one-of-a-kind shops and boutiques. On and around the 3rd Street Promenade, you'll find the following list of clothing stores---

Abercrombie & Fitch phone number 310/899-2966; address 1345 Third Street

Active Ride Shop, phone number 310/857-1360; address, address 1460 4th street

American Eagle Outfitters phone number 310/255-0223; address 301 Arizona Avenue

Anthropologie phone number 310/393-4763; address 1402 Third Street

A/X Armani Exchange telephone number 310/899-4474; address, 1322 Third Street

Banana Republic, phone number 310/394-7740; address, 1202 Third Street

Bebe, phone number 310/899-3790; address, 1437 Third Street

Benetton, phone number 310/394-9989; address, 1318 3rd St

Clothes Minded, telephone 310-458-3248; address, 1452 Third Street

Club Monaco phone number 310/260-2851; address, 1225 Third Street

Diane's Beach Wear, telephone 310-395-3545; address, 620 Wilshire Blvd

Diesel phone number 310/899-3055; 1340 Third Street

Express phone number 310/458-8054; address, 1337 Third Street

Fred Segal botiques, phone number 310-458-8100; address, 500 Broadway

Fred Segal Man, telephone number 310-395-9792; address, 420 Broadway

French Connection, phone number 310/393-4484; address, 1418 Third Street

(The) Gap clothing store, phone number 310-393-0719; address, 301 Santa Monica Blvd

Guess clothing, phone number 310/899-9535; address 1432 Third Street

Hard Tail/Hard Tail Kids, phone number 310/393-8787; address1322 Third Street

J Crew, telephone number 310/260-9099; address 1222 Third Street

LaLa Land by Anchor Blue, phone number 310/576-1953; address 1246 Third Street

Levi's Jeans, phone number 310/393-4899; address 1409 Third Street

Lucky Brand Dungarees, phone number 310/395-5895; address, 1215 Third Street

Lululemon Athletica activewear, telephone number 310/319-3550; 331 Santa Monica Blvd

Max Studio, telephone number 310/587-3226; address, 1245 Third Street

Miss Sixty, phone number 310/656-3600; address, 1334 Third St.

MNG by Mango, phone number 310/395-8370; address, 1254 Third Street

Mudra clothing store, telephone 310/576-7972; address, 1400A Third Street

Old Navy, phone number 310/576-0246; address, 1232 Third Street

PacSun, contact number 310/395-4064; address, 1446 Third Street

Pink Ice, telephone number 310/451-6042; address, 310-451-6042

Quiksilver, phone number 310/899-9400; address, 1422 Third Street

Rip Curl, phone number 310/656-2875; address, 1451 Third Street

This Little Piggie Wears Cotton children's clothing, phone number 310/451-2205; address, 309 Wilshire Blvd

Tiffany & Jax, telephone number 310/260-8656; address, 1244 Third Street

United Colors of Benetton, phone 310/394-9989; address, 1318 Third Street

Urban outfitters, phone number 310/394-1404; address, 1440 Third Street

Victoria's Secret, phone number 310/395-3182; address, 1247 Third Street

Zara clothing store, phone number 310/458-0892; address 1338 Third Street

On and around the 3rd St Promenade, you'll find the following shops which feature all sorts of accessories...anything and everything from athletic shoes & socks to fine jewelry fit for an evening on the town---

Adidas, phone number 310/393-0638; address 1231 Third Street

Aldo shoes, telephone 310/576-6011; address 1450 Third Street

Bertini, telephone 310-260-1956; address, 120 Broadway

Champs, phone number 310/393-7765; address, 1416 Third Street

Clark's Shoe Store, phone number 310/393-7205; address, 1241 Third Street

Crocs shoes, phone number 310/393-5936; 1323 Third Street Promenade

Foot Locker, phone number 310/260-7913; address, 1327 Third Street

Fossil accessories, phone number 310/319-2477; address, 1431 Third Street

Global Feet, phone number 310/451-2600; address, 1323 Third Street

Journeys Shoes, phone number 310/395-4383; address is 1427 Third Street

Lorin, telephone number 310/394-3850; address, 1354 Third Street

Puma, phone number 310/458-2777; address, 1350 Third Street

Salvatory Shoes, phone number 310393-7860; address, 1411 Third Street

Skechers, phone number 310/899-0151; address, 1343 Third Street

Steve Madden shoe store, telephone 310/451-3630; address 1344 Third Street

Swatch retail store, phone 310/395-0193; address, 1405 Third Street

Two Lips Shoes, phone number 310/451-4024; address, 314 Santa Monica Blvd

Van's store, phone number 310/394-1413; address, 400 Broadway

In addition to the stores directly on the Promenade, there are still more on the surrounding streets PLUS in the Santa Monica Place Mall, which adjoins the promenade. No doubt you'll find something---and probably LOTS of things---that you wish to buy here!

One last comment about shopping---the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade hosts a Farmers Market every Wednesday and Saturday from 8:30 am until 1:00 pm. Come buy your farm-fresh vegetables here!

Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade -- Entertainment

Beautiful Palisades Park in Santa Monica overlooks the Pacific Ocean from a high bluff above the sea.

You'll find 3 different cinemas along the several-block stretch of the pedestrian-only 3rd Street Promenade. One is the AMC Santa Monica 7. Another is the AMC Broadway 4...which until January 2006 was a Loew's Cinema. (AMC and Loew's theaters have recently merged; they will be operating together under the AMC name. Since this merger is so recent, you will still see the Loew's Theater name in most guide books for this area.) The 3rd movie theater on the Third Street Promenade is the Mann Criterion.

To discover showtimes at the Promenade's movie theaters, use the following telephone numbers---

AMC Santa Monica 7 theater, phone number(310) 289-4AMC (recorded information) or telephone number (310) 451-9440 (to reach a theater employee.) No stadium seating at this theater. The AMC 7 Theater's address is 1310 Third Street Promenade

AMC Broadway 4 cinemas; phone number 310-458-1506 or 310-458-6232 (you'll reach an employee with either phone number; ask the employee what's playing because there's no recorded info line.) No stadium seating. The AMC Broadway Theater's address is 1441 Third Street Promenade

Mann Criterion Theater, phone number 310-395-1599 (This is a recorded information line for this theater ONLY.) The Mann Criterion cinema's telephone number for reaching an employee directly is 310/3957910. The Mann Criterion Theater's address is 1313 Third Street Promenade

Another theater near the mall is the Laemmle Monica 4-Plex Theater, phone number 310-394-9741 (to reach the recorded information line) or telephone number 310/394-9744 (to reach an employee during normal business hours.) The Laemmle Santa Monica Theater's address is 1332 Second Street. Visitors should note that the Laemmle Theaters play independent and "art house" films.

If you like live theater, you'll enjoy a visit to the Promenade Playhouse, (phone number 310/656-8070.) In addition, several other live theaters are nearby...including "Magicopolis" (phone number 310/451-2241), a theater featuring live performances of magic...and a comedy club.

3rd Street Promenade's Street Performers

Another popular form of entertainment gives the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade it's "hip and happening" aura...and that's the street performers you may enjoy there. On the 3rd Street Promenade, you can see artists at work...or hear bands, guitarists, saxophonists...and even a whimsical one-man band! You can find clowns or a magician. You can see dancers demonstrating the tango...or a break dancer strutting his stuff. It's all part of the fun at the Third Street Promenade!

When can you see the greatest selection of street performers? That would be on the weekends, which, of course, are the busiest days at the Promenade. However, even if you head to Third Street on a weekday afternoon, there will be at least a few different performers to enjoy.

Another type of entertainment you may enjoy near the Third Street Promenade is taking a simple stroll through beautiful Palisades Park, just 2 blocks away. Palisades Park may look familiar to you, even if you've never been to Santa Monica before; it has been used frequently as a filming site for both movies and television episodes.

Palisades Park sits on a high bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, offering you sweeping views of the coastline. In addition, the park is planted with palms and other greenery, to provide you a relaxing spot to sit or stroll. Palisades Park is long and thin...just a strip of land along the bluffs. (In this picture of Palisades Park to your left, you can actually see the ENTIRE WIDTH of the park! One sidewalk winds along the edge of the cliff, and the other sidewalk sits next to the curb and street.) But, though it's narrow, Palisades Park is several miles long, stretching along the entire length of the part of Santa Monica which lies north of the pier!

Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade -- History

A street scene, Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade

You will notice quite a wide variety of stores at the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade. This isn't your typical suburban mall featuring "all the usual suspects." One reason for this lies in the Promenade's history: Third Street has been Santa Monica's main shopping district since the early days of the 20th century. When I was an elementary school-aged girl back in the late '50's and early '60's, Third Street was already a bustling place. Back then, you could still drive down the street...and park at curbside meters, if you didn't want to use a parking lot.

By the time the late '60's rolled around, automobiles were banned from the area and the pedestrian-only promenade was installed. What's unusual about the area, though, is that through the passing years, the 3rd Street Promenade hasn't become run-down. Rather, the mix of stores along the walkway has become decidedly more UPSCALE over time!

Today, you'll find over 200 stores and 100 dining options along the Promenade and the blocks adjacent to it. Many names are recognizable as part of national or regional chains; yet, many other stores and restaurants are totally unique, one-of-a-kind venues. You'll find merchandise of many different types---clothing for the whole family, jewelry, home decor (including original art works), accessories, books, stationery, electronics and toys.

Santa Monica Place Mall

Santa Monica Place mall is under renovation! The mall is undertaking such an extensive re-make of the center that most of its features will be closed during the construction period.

When the dust settles, Santa Monica residents and visitors can enjoy a beautiful open-air shopping mall that will take advantage of the area's mild coastal climate. Shoppers will be encouraged to linger and enjoy the area in seating areas, or admire the plants and other decorative touches the new center will offer.

The new Santa Monica Place will blend nearly seamlessly with the 3rd Street Promenade, keeping a cheerful, airy feel throughout the entire shopping destination. A sophisticated rooftop dining deck will take advantage of this location's sweeping views.

Macy's Department Store will remain open during the construction and remodeling process. Parking for Macy's is in the parking structure at Colorado ave and 2nd street. The entrance to Macy's is on Colorado Avenue across the street from Sears.

Santa Monica -- Dining

Santa Monica Place Mall's beautiful, 3-story interior.

For whatever the reason might be, Santa Monica locals don't eat much at fast food restaurants. Trying to find fast food in MOST of Santa Monica is an exercise in futility! So, if you're like me---and enjoy fast food restaurants---head to the 3rd Street Promenade and the Santa Monica Place Mall, one of the few areas in Santa Monica where you can easily find a quick-stop eatery.

Along the Promenade, you'll find a variety of coffee outlets (Starbucks has 2 locations on or near the promenade, for example) and snack stops. In addition, Santa Monica Place Mall has a busy & popular Food Court area. At the mall's food court, you can not only find quick burgers and fries, but also quick sandwiches, salads. Italian, Asian and Indian food, as well.

If you'd prefer a nice sit-down meal, Santa Monica's 3rd Street Promenade can accommodate you quite well. On and around the Promenade are over 100 dining choices. The cuisines include American, Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Thai and Indian), British (Santa Monica is home to a number of British expats and descendents, and has several British-cuisine restaurants from which to choose), Greek/Mediterranean, Italian, Mexican, Seafood and Vegetarian.

For further information about the restaurants in Santa Monica, you can use the following link to view the Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce dining guide. The Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce guide actually lists restaurants for all parts of Santa Monica, not just the Promenade area. The guide lists the restaurants' addresses, phone numbers, and when available, website addresses.

Also, on the 3rd Street Promenade's official website (see link below on this page), you can also get information about the Promenade area's restaurants.

Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade -- The Tide Shuttle Bus

You can take a nearly-free tour of Santa Monica! All you need to do is hop aboard The Tide, a pollution-free electric shuttle bus which makes a loop of Santa Monica. The Tide costs only 25 cents per passenger, and will take you past many of Santa Monica's popular tourist attractions...without your having to deal with traffic! You may hop on at the 3rd Street Promenade, then be shuttled to Palisades Park, the Santa Monica Pier, the Main Street shopping area of Santa Monica, the Santa Monica Civic Center, the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium (which was once the home of the Academy Awards Oscar presentations), and several of Santa Monica's resort hotels. The shuttle takes you as far as world-famous Venice Beach before turning around and heading back to the Promenade.

In addition to its can't-be-beat low fares, the Tide shuttle is also convenient. The Tide runs every 15 minutes, 7 days a week! Sunday thru Thursday, the Tide shuttle operates from noon until 8 pm. On Fridays and Saturdays, the Tide's hours of operation are a bit longer...running from noon untio 10 pm.

To get a better picture in your mind of the Tide's route, you can use the following link to see a map of The Tide Shuttle Bus route.

Santa Monica 3rd Street Mall -- Address, Directions and Map

The classic Sears department store in Santa Monica, California

Santa Monica's 3rd Street Promenade lies along several blocks of Third Street, directly off of Interstate 10. To reach the Third Street Promenade, take the "4th Street" exit off of I-10 (which, by the way, is the very LAST exit along Interstate 10's cross-country voyage! If you go any further down I-10, you enter a tunnel...and exit that tunnel onto the Pacific Coast Highway, in full view of the Pacific Ocean!)

There are a number of parking lots that serve Santa Monica's 3rd Street Promenade. Myself, I always park in either the Sears department store parking lot or the Santa Monica Place Mall parking structure. (I always visit both Sears and the Santa Monica Place Mall whenever I visit the 3rd St. Promenade...so this isn't "cheating!") The Sears parking lot is clearly visible as you drive along the 4th Street exit of I-10. The Santa Monica Place Mall's parking structure is directly opposite of Sears (on Colorado Ave.) Both of these parking lots are FREE!!!

To get a better idea of where you'll be going, use the following link to see a road map to the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade.

Since the Santa Monica Third Street Promenade is long---covering several not-very-short blocks of Third St.---you may wish to locate the specific business or restaurant you'll be visiting in advance. (That way, you can park in a lot close to where you'll be going, to eliminate the need to walk very far.) There is a map available that lists all of the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade stores, restaurants and entertainment venues! In addition, this map ALSO lists the businesses for several blocks surrounding the Promenade area. (How convenient, eh?) You may use the following link to see this PDF printable map of the Third Street Promenade---with all the stores and restaurants labeled!

Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade -- Offical Websites

THIRD STREET PROMENADE OFFICIAL WEBSITE:The Santa Monica 3rd St. Promenade has an official website which you may enjoy perusing. On that website, you'll be able to find phone numbers for all of the 3rd Street Promenade businesses, restaurants and entertainment venues. You'll also find the exact addresses of each business along the promenade, as well as the website for each business (when available.) Are you enchanted by the street performers of the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade? On the Promenade's website, you'll also find a list of their "officially endorsed" street performers, along with each performer's phone number and (when available) website. You can make arrangements to hire your favorite buskar for your own private party!

So, click on the following link to see the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade official website (www.downtownsm.com).

SANTA MONICA PLACE MALL WEBSITE:You may discover the names and phone numbers of all the stores and restaurants currently operating in the Santa Monica Place Mall. You may also see an interactive map showing you just where to find each store and eatery within the mall. Use the following handy link to view the Santa Monica Place Mall official website (www.santamonicaplace.com).

SANTA MONICA FARMER'S MARKET WEBSITE: Do you love Farmer's Markets? Believe it or not, the Santa Monica 3rd Street Promenade's market has it's own official web pages, too! Use the following link to enjoy the Santa Monica Farmer's Market official website.

SANTA MONICA PIER WEBSITE: Are you interested in strolling over to the Santa Monica pier? If so, you might be interested in using the following link to browse through the Santa Monica Pier's official website.

SANTA MONICA PIER INFO --->

Use the button above to check out the Santa Monica Beach & Pier page of this website.

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