Looking forward to finding out more about the new restaurant coming to Mar Vista called Rustic Kitchen.
It will be located in the space that formerly housed Shaper Supply and before that, Safety First. Stay tuned!
Rustic Kitchen LA, 3523 S. Centinela Ave, Mar Vista
This is the coolest store around, and it’s open for your last-minute holiday shopping needs! The 826LA Mar Vista Time Travel Mart is full of the most interesting items you may have ever seen on a store shelf – and in fact, most of these things don’t exist anywhere else! I can’t think of any place better to get a one-of-a-kind gift for family and friends. And they’re right here in Mar Vista! Holiday hours: Thursday – Sunday 12pm – 6pm.
826LA Time Travel Mart, 12515 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista 90066 (310) 915-0200
The Well Baby Center is a non-profit parenting community center, founded out of a belief that every family with young children deserves to have a place to go to access a support system. Their aim is to strengthen family relationships by offering classes and family activities, as well as comprehensive counseling and consulting services. 
Staffed by family and early childhood specialists, the Well Baby Center offers Mindful Parenting groups, Reflective Parenting groups, Therapeutic services, Music Together, Infant massage, drop-in playgroup times and Special Needs programs, just to name a few. Please see their website for more details.
The Well Baby Center 12316 Venice Blvd., Mar Vista 90066 (310) 402-2229
Photo credit: Alan Shaffer
Celeste has been here in Mar Vista for 7 years, doing alterations and some basic seamstress work. 
She’s well-known for doing alterations on Burning Man costumes, just FYI.
Celeste’s Tailoring, 12028 Venice Blvd., open M – F 9am – 7pm, and weekends 10am – 5pm. (310) 391-4708.
Hotcakes bakery is located on a super busy part of Centinela in Mar Vista, and let me tell you, parking’s a pain in the butt. I parked way down on a side street and walked back. But it was worth it!