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An Italian Cocktail + Wine Bar in Ocean Park

An Italian Cocktail + Wine Bar in Ocean Park

look for a yellow flag featuring the namesake roman goddess flapping in the wind. listen for the sounds of italian opera piping out of a 1917 victrola. by luck, fate or fortune, you’ve landed in the right place…

look for a yellow flag featuring the namesake roman goddess flapping in the wind. listen for the sounds of italian opera piping out of a 1917 victrola. by luck, fate or fortune, you’ve landed in the right place…

Three cocktails lined up on a marble table against an exposed brick wall — an amber spritz with thyme, a pale herb-garnished spritz, and a dark red cocktail with mint and a cherry
An overhead view of five composed salads on marble, including shaved carrot with pistachio and feta, squash blossom with parmesan and sage, and snap pea with radish and shaved cheese
A sheet pan of hand-rolled rigatoni dusted with semolina flour
A cook tosses pasta in a flaming pan over an open flame on the kitchen line
Bar Fortuna's yellow flag, featuring the namesake Roman goddess, flapping against a clear blue sky
Bar Fortuna's terracotta exterior with painted signage, an olive branch, and the goddess emblem on Main Street, Santa Monica
Bar Fortuna's marble bar with bentwood stools, bottle-lined shelves, and the open kitchen glowing beyond
Two candlelit dining tables set against a wood-paneled wall beneath a vintage mirror
Fresh artichokes with their stems still attached, reflected in an antique etched mirror
Guests seated at tables and walking in through Bar Fortuna's open storefront doors at golden hour, trees visible through the windows
A woman in a lace dress holds a glass of red wine beside a vintage 1917 Victrola record player, Bar Fortuna's window lettering visible behind her
Two garnished coupe cocktails on a marble bar, with water glasses and a green wine bottle softly blurred behind them
A glass and bottle of orange wine beside a plate of spiced carrot ribbons on a marble table, with a magazine open nearby
A hand squeezes lemon over a plate of fried calamari with crispy sage, beside amber cocktails on a marble table
Bar Fortuna's gold window lettering, with a server greeting guests seated at a table inside
Chef Brian and a guest in a floral dress laugh together over glasses of rosé at the marble bar
A tattooed hand holds a strawberry-garnished cocktail in a coupe glass on a marble table
Roasted romanesco topped with herbs and golden raisins on a ceramic plate
Three people standing beside a bentwood chair, a staff member's white Bar Fortuna apron visible between them
A close-up of hand-cut squid ink pasta strands, dusted with semolina flour
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2917 main st, ocean park, ca 90405

wed–thu, 5–10pm & fri–sun, 12–10pm, with late night bites & the bar open until midnight

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reservations available 5–9:30pm

walk-ins available 12–3:30pm & after 9:30pm

get in touch

contact: ciao@barfortuna.com

instagram: @barfortunala

events: lindsay@barfortuna.com

press inquiries: elise@foragerpr.com

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identity: practical people · photography: catherine dzilenski

Fresco of the goddess Fortuna, Pompeii