Enjoy upscale, modern Mexican food in a vibrant setting at Border Grill, the hip, urban cantina from Chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger, Food Network’s “Too Hot Tamales”.  Presenting the bold foods and flavors of Mexico, Border Grill has established a new standard for gourmet Mexican fare in Los Angeles. With a menu of varied and complex authentic dishes based on the home cooking of Oaxaca and the Yucatan, Border Grill takes Mexican food to a whole new level!

Mother’s Day at Border Grill Santa Monica
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Brunch - Open at 9:30 a.m. and Dinner - Open at 4 p.m.
Treat Mom to the bold and exciting flavors of Mexico with an exciting Mother’s Day menu at Border Grill.  We’re going all out for Mom all day long!

Summer Grilling Cooking Class at Border Grill
Saturday, June 7, 2008
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Join Mary Sue and Susan for a summer grilling extravaganza, featuring sizzling recipes perfect for all your summer fiestas.  This demonstration-style cooking class includes a delicious, multi-course lunch at Border Grill Santa Monica, as well as signature cocktails and a recipe booklet.

Border Brunch at Border Grill Santa Monica
Every Saturday and Sunday - 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
We’re serving up scrumptious brunch specialties like our Banana Pancakes with coconut syrup and turkey cilantro sausage, not to mention our Border Grill Benedict, Huevos Rancheros, and our entire lunch menu.

“[Feniger and Milliken] became multimedia figures with their popular Food Network show, “Too Hot Tamales,” public radio programs, cookbooks, the Border Grill restaurants in Santa Monica and Las Vegas and the restaurant Ciudad in downtown Los Angeles. But the two never lose sight of the pleasure that cooking brings them.”
Nations Restaurant News, “50 Power Players”

“...arguably the most serious Mexican food in town.”
Los Angeles Magazine

Border Grill Santa Monica is the vibrant setting where chefs Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger present the bold foods and flavors of Mexico.  Since opening in 1985, Border Grill has established a new standard for gourmet Mexican fare, and the chefs have become known, says New York Newsday, as Mexican food’s “pre-eminent American translators.”

While Border Grill Santa Monica is now the “original” model for the growing company, the restaurant moved to its current location in 1990 after five years as a taco stand on Melrose. Like its predecessor, CITY Cafe, Border Grill outgrew the tiny site as it grew in acclaim. The restaurant’s menu features authentic dishes Susan and Mary Sue learned in the homes and markets of Mexico, and still includes dishes from the first days on Melrose (Panuchos, Green Corn Tamales, Marinated Skirt Steak). Wild and bright as a Modernist fiesta, Border Grill is a “stylishly funky, pleasantly raucous place,”says Travel & Leisure, designed by architect Josh Schweitzer and featuring the colorful murals of artists Su Huntley and Donna Muir.

With its dynamic atmosphere, great service, and lively menu guided by two accomplished, classically-trained chef-owners, Border Grill has achieved both critical acclaim and a passionate following. And now, following all the way to Las Vegas (with a Border Grill at Mandalay Bay) and to downtown Los Angeles for an all-Latin off-shoot, Ciudad.

Lunch everyday
Dinner every night
Late night menu Friday & Saturday
Banquets
Off-site catering
Food To Go
Hollywood Bowl box lunches


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