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Big Dean's "Muscle-In" Cafe is located in California. Check out this affordable place in the Santa Monica area. Locals say the restaurant serves genuine American dishes. Know before you go: this place features great views. Upon entering the restaurant, you'll find a family atmosphere.
Sun, Fun, Great Food, Beer, Wine, Music, Sports TV, Outdoor Patios and reasonable prices is what you will find at the world famous Big Dean's Cafe on the Santa Monica Boardwalk. Where nostalgia surrounds you while you relax and sip a beer or have a burger. Bring the children, they are always welcome!In 1902 Big Dean's Cafe was known as Laring's Lunch Room and was a landmark for years. In 1970's, Big Dean's took over the popular cafe, lifeguards, body builders, bicyclist, jugglers and celebrities such as Cary Grant, Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, George C. Scott, Wilt Chamberlain, Evel Knievel and California's governor Jerry Brown, not to mention the current governor Arnold Schwarzenegger .
5.0 of 5 stars.
This is one of my all time favorite places in LA! Its just a really friendly, neighborhood type place. You get a lot of sexy surfers coming in right off the beach, and you can even just go there in...
yelp.com - user review - 05/04/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Loved it! The epitome of the perfect LA beach beer' n burgers bar. Prices are great, you can't go wrong with the beers on tap or the tallboys. The food is great, too and the customers very...
yelp.com - user review - 04/29/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This place is sweet. It's the kind of bar you can take home to your mother....Simple, fun, reasonably priced.You know when you have boring friends or family visiting LA....You know when you have to...
yelp.com - user review - 03/28/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
A brilliant Beer Bar with an unbelievable location.Situated at the land end of the Santa Monica Pier - across the walkway from Heal the Bay's Aquarium - Big Dean's is a great local hangout with...
yelp.com - user review - 03/11/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I LUV this place! It's my version of heaven. I just found this place yesterday. I'd walked by it several times, but my friends and I be-bopped in, and sat at the counter. Our food was good - just...
yelp.com - user review - 03/08/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Love this place. My husband and I have been passing by here since moving to Santa Monica and finally stopped in on Saturday. Great staff, decent food and the beers are a decent price! The crowd is...
yelp.com - user review - 03/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Joy P. came down to have lunch today, and we went to Big Dean's so that we could eat next to the beach. We split a very good Veggie Burger, and a large order of fries. You really can't see the ocean...
yelp.com - user review - 02/24/2009
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I first came across this place on a COLD night a couple of years ago. There was nobody out anywhere, so we decided to take a chance and try it out. Much to our surprise, the place was going off....
yelp.com - user review - 02/15/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
It's Super Bowl Sunday. This is not a place which has gargantuan big-screens to see the action, but there are several small to mid size screens scattered around the joint. Though it turned out to be a...
yelp.com - user review - 02/02/2009
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4.0 of 5 stars.
can i tell you we have ridden by here millions of times on our bike rides and finally stopped in for a cold brew yesterday. nice back patio area, we pretty much had it to ourselves. super cold beer,...
yelp.com - user review - 12/22/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
This is the place I'll take anyone who comes to town to visit me here in Santa Monica.. My summertime hot spot! I absolutely love the vibe when I go to Big Dean's... nothing beats cold draft beer in...
yelp.com - user review - 11/20/2008
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I liked the relaxed place, the service was fine, the beer was cold and the burger was great. Nice place. I'll go back. Felt comfortable there.
citysearch.com - user review - 10/11/2008
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I blew into Big Dean's from Tennessee looking for a place to have a quick lunch and a cold one. Five hours, a order of awesome fish tacos and many cold ones later, sadly it was time for me to leave.Big Dean's...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/07/2008
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A great place to rest if you are riding your bike along the boardwalk HOWEVER you may not be on your best balance by the time you leave. Fun crowd. A mix of neighborhood 'regulars' with tourists creates an...
citysearch.com - user review - 09/14/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Big Dean's Muscle Beach. The original muscle beach where they did all that acrobatic stuff and crazy group shots of guys holding up 50 chicks and what not. The history is right there on the walls...
yelp.com - user review - 08/20/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Come visit the gang at Deans and try an out chug them ! Great food and grog but be sure and ride your bike and leave the car at home .Cheers
yelp.com - user review - 07/23/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
I am so glad I found Big Deans. It is the perfect spot to grab one drink or 5 drinks. I have had lunch here and loved the fries and onion rings. I just had a tuna sandwich and my boyfriend had the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Walked in and they had the Sox game on the tv. Looks like we picked a good spot to grab some lunch.The waiter came by and he noticed my Celtics shirt -- we commiserated on the beauty that was the...
yelp.com - user review - 07/09/2008
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Big Dean's is a hard one to put your finger on. It's not exactly a dive bar, especially after the recent overhaul of the beer garden with new bar & flat screen TVs. It's not exactly a Sports Bar....
yelp.com - user review - 07/07/2008
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3.0 of 5 stars.
Nothing too big about this joint.This is a great place to roll into on your bike. It's a great mid-beach-day stop off to grab a beer.The food is really not that great. BUT, who goes there for the...
yelp.com - user review - 06/25/2008
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Big Dean's is everything you want a beach bar to be - cold beer, awesome burgers and the most fun wait staff (JEFF!!)We love the front patio, but if it's too crowded - the back patio is tons of fun too. And...
citysearch.com - user review - 06/20/2008
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5.0 of 5 stars.
Have you ever "Big Dean'ed" a beer? Go for the beers, stay for the cheeseburgers, try the wings, try the corn dogs (better, in my opinion, than those corn dogs next door but maybe it's the beer...
yelp.com - user review - 10/30/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
My friend and I were on the beach in SM and got hungry, so we stopped in here for a quick bite. The atmosphere was like a surfer's dive bar, we were there in the afternoon. The service wasn't bad, our...
yelp.com - user review - 10/17/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
This is the kind of place that you either sit outside at the picnic table, sit inside at the heavily decorated bar straight out of a coasting/surf bar movie set, complete with a full line of sunblock...
yelp.com - user review - 10/08/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Everything is easy going at Big Deans. Kick up your feet and enjoy a cigarette under the No Smoking sign and enjoy gigantic beers in your choice of two outdoor patios. Showed up with my British...
yelp.com - user review - 08/13/2007
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3.0 of 5 stars.
If location is everything, Big Deans is giving quite a discount on their cheap beer and medium-priced bar food. Literally the closest bar to Muscle Beach and many a good sunbathing spot, this place...
yelp.com - user review - 08/12/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
"No. I didn't shower today so SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE!" And that's okay when you hit this little beach side bar/burger joint. It is located right next to the SM pier so you would think fanny pack wearing,...
yelp.com - user review - 07/27/2007
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5.0 of 5 stars.
I've got to admit I've had a very hard time adjusting to life in Southern California. Although I went to Junior and High School in San Diego, moving back to SoCal after almost ten years in the Bay...
yelp.com - user review - 06/17/2007
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Stopped here after a bike ride and had a perfect time. Good food, cold beer, sitting in the sun. Nothing fancy about the place, but that's the point.
yelp.com - user review - 05/25/2007
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Just a note to say that I really miss the bar and everyone there. (perhaps the only thing in LA that I miss!) Also would like to say (and pardon me if I repeat myself to some of you) I really miss... T.J. -...
citysearch.com - user review - 05/14/2007
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I adore Big Dean's. A friend & I discovered it about a year & 1/2 ago and try to go there at least once a month as it is consistently awesome. The staff is great and the bartenders regularly dispense free beer...
citysearch.com - user review - 04/27/2007
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For being a bar right across the street from one of the biggest tourist attractions in Los Angeles, Big Dean's houses one of the largest bunch of regular customers of any bar I've visited. Dean's is...
citysearch.com - user review - 03/02/2007
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been to the pier more than once and noticed the outdoor bar. tried the cheese quesadilla w/ chicken. got my money worth for the taste and customer service. enjoyed myself as this was a cool kick back place to...
citysearch.com - user review - 10/30/2006
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4.0 of 5 stars.
Big Dean's is a burger joint tucked in next to the Santa Monica Pier, basically across a sidewalk from the beach. The burgers are excellent. There are few more enjoyable ways to spend a warm summer...
yelp.com - user review - 08/25/2006
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Cheap big macrobrews. Outdoor seating. Friendly waiters. Easy walk from home. Interesting mix of patrons. Enjoyable cheeseburger.
citysearch.com - user review - 07/13/2006
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Just out to enjoy the day I noticed it was open and serving beer at 11:30, I'm from Texas where you start drinking at noon in public so this was a plus! Beers came in small medium and large, the staff is...
citysearch.com - user review - 02/23/2006
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This place is good for some beer and to meet some locals. THe beer is cheap, they also have promotio...
judysbook.com - user review - 08/11/2005
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wedged in just to the south of and behind santa monica pier, big deanis is open 365 days a year---literally come rain or come shine. this very casual local bar is a favorite among the volleyball players and...
gayot.com - user review
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always-open beer and snack joint on the pier...
cityguide.aol.com - user review
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