The corner window at 540 Rose Avenue is empty now. Yo! Venice reported white tables and planters still inside the locked glass doors and commercial "For Lease" signs on the glass. Next door at 512, Wabi on Rose's patio has been quiet since October. Across the street, every storefront is open. Sticky Rice now seats diners at 523, Venice Beach Wines is pouring at 529, Chulita at 533 opens before 10 a.m., and Vin on Rose at 511 stays open until 10 p.m. most nights.
This fall's turnover hit the 500 block unevenly. Both storefronts that closed are on the even-numbered side, and every business that stayed open or arrived new is on the odd side. Knowing which side is which tells you where coffee, dinner and a late glass of wine are on Rose this season.
The Even Side Lost Its Morning and Its Sushi Bar
Two closures on the even side came within weeks of each other:
- 540 Rose Avenue, Dayglow Coffee. The café took over the former Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams space in July 2025, during Dayglow's expansion across Los Angeles, and closed after a little over a year. Canyon News reported that the closure was announced in late September 2026. Yo! Venice covered the empty storefront at the end of October.
- 512 Rose Avenue, Suite F, Wabi on Rose. The Japanese-inspired sushi restaurant and cocktail bar posted on social media on October 14 that it was closing permanently, ending a six-year run. WhatNow Los Angeles quoted the post: "After many wonderful years of serving the community, we are permanently closing our doors."
These two storefronts covered different hours of the day. Dayglow was the block's specialty coffee counter. Canyon News singled out its Military Latte, Strawberry Matcha and Vienna Latte, along with seasonal drinks named for films such as "Moonrise Kingdom" and "The Fantastic Mr. Fox." Wabi was a dinner-and-bar spot, with sashimi, wood-fired dishes, a Tiger King roll, spicy Wagyu dumplings and a patio, according to WhatNow. Losing both means the even side lost its early-morning crowd and its evening crowd in the same season.
Dayglow customers still have options. Canyon News lists Dayglow cafés in Silver Lake, on Huntley Drive in West Hollywood and on Melrose, and reports a new café coming to Mar Vista inside Good Girl Books.
523 Changed Hands Without Going Dark
The one handoff on the block came on the odd side, and it happened with little downtime.
Cinque Terre West reached 523 Rose after the Palisades fire forced chef Gianba Vinzoni and Marlo Vinzoni out of the Gardens at Palisades center, where they had opened the restaurant in 2019. They reopened on Rose at the end of June 2025. The Los Angeles Times wrote about the Venice location in January 2026, singling out the trofie al pesto and buridda, a Ligurian fish soup. The restaurant's last day in Venice was June 21, 2026, according to the Palisadian-Post. It did not go back to the Palisades. Community Impact reported that it reopened in Austin's Rosedale neighborhood at 4800 Burnet Road, Suite 450, in July.
Yo! Venice reported in late July that Sticky Rice was taking over 523, and The Infatuation wrote about the restaurant as open by September 23. At first it offered only takeout and delivery. Sticky Rice's Venice page now lists dine-in as well, Tuesday through Sunday from 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., closed Mondays.
The block went from Ligurian to Thai in about three months. The bigger change is that 523 was empty for only one summer. While the even side was losing tenants, the odd side was filling its one vacancy.
The Odd Side, Door by Door
With 540 and 512 closed, these four addresses between 511 and 533 now carry the block.
| Address | Business | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 511 Rose | Vin on Rose | 10a–8p | 10a–10p | 10a–10p | 10a–10p | 10a–10p | 10a–10p | 10a–10p |
| 523 Rose | Sticky Rice | Closed | 11:30a–10p | 11:30a–10p | 11:30a–10p | 11:30a–10p | 11:30a–10p | 11:30a–10p |
| 529 Rose | Venice Beach Wines | 5p–10p | 5p–10p | 5p–11p | 5p–11p | 5p–12a | 5p–12a | 5p–9p |
| 533 Rose | Chulita | 9:30a–9:30p | 9:30a–9:30p | 11a–9:30p | 9:30a–10p | 9:30a–11p | 9a–11p | 9a–9:30p |
Hours are taken from each business's own site, or from the Michelin Guide listing for Chulita.
The table shows how the day on the block has shifted:
- Chulita opens first. With Dayglow closed, Chulita at 533 is the earliest open door on the block: 9 a.m. on weekends and 9:30 a.m. most weekdays. Wednesday is the exception, when it opens at 11 a.m.
- Vin on Rose opens next, at 10 a.m. every day. It is the only business on the block with the same opening time all week.
- Sticky Rice covers lunch and dinner, except Mondays. On a Monday the block has three open doors, not four.
- Venice Beach Wines stays open latest. On Friday and Saturday it pours until midnight, an hour after Chulita closes, which makes 529 the last lit storefront on the block on weekends.
The block has two wine businesses about 18 numbers apart, and their schedules barely overlap. Vin on Rose at 511 Rose is open from mid-morning on. Venice Beach Wines at 529 Rose does not open until 5 p.m. On a Saturday, at least one of them is open from 10 a.m. to midnight.
What's on This Week
The odd side of the block also has the scheduled events. On Thursday, November 19, Venice Beach Wines hosts its Wine Club Pick Up Party, and Thursday hours there run from 5 to 11 p.m. Vin on Rose has also been booking guest food. In October, Yo! Venice covered a one-day Hangry Thaiger and Moom Maam pop-up at 511 Rose that paired Thai street food with artisanal gelato from 3 to 8 p.m. These pop-ups bring extra food to the block without anyone signing a lease.
A short walk west, at 417 Rose Avenue, Anima Mundi's Venice apothecary is open daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. It hosted Hallow Mundi, which Yo! Venice listed as a noon-to-7 p.m. event on October 31 with a costume contest, a DJ and an ofrenda.
Planning Around the Two Sides
Here is the 500 block as it stands this week. The even side has two closed storefronts at 512 and 540, and the window at 540 is marked for lease. The odd side has four open businesses at 511, 523, 529 and 533. Between them they are open from 9 a.m. on weekends until midnight at the end of the week. Their one gap is Monday lunch, when Sticky Rice is closed.
For coffee before 9:30 a.m. on a weekday, you now have to leave the block. For dinner and a late glass of wine on a Friday, the half block from 523 to 533 has everything within a few doors.
The Alligood Group follows Venice block by block, including which storefronts are open, which are changing hands, and how those changes affect the streets around them. If you are weighing a property near Rose Avenue, or want to understand how the corridor is changing around a home you already own, Schedule a Private Consultation.
