Marseille-inspired restaurant Massilia has a new Santa Monica location in the works. It will open at 2820-2826 Main St. in Santa Monica, owner Emmanuel Dossetti told What Now Los Angeles. The team is expecting to open the location in the fall.
Massilia formerly had a location in Santa Monica along Fourth Street, but the restaurant shuttered at the end of 2025. The brand added a Downtown LA location at The Grand LA earlier this year.
The all-day restaurant draws on Dossetti’s own experiences growing up in Marseille. intertwining elements of French, Spanish, Italian and North African cuisine. Highlights include couscous, steak-frites with béarnaise, seafood, pastas and vegetable-focused dishes. The pizza menu features options such as the Moitié Moitié, which is half four cheese and half marinara with Cantabrian anchovies, and Lablabi and Niçoise Olives, a pizza with chickpeas, harissa, herbs and goat cheese.
Massilia also offers a full bar with a craft cocktail program and a wine list featuring bottles from France, Italy and Spain. Signature cocktails include the Umami Martini, featuring notes of anchovy, and the Bourguignon Old Fashioned, which is finished with a short rib fat wash. The restaurant also features a full coffee program.
Dossetti is also behind French-inspired restaurant Zinqué, which has seven locations throughout Southern California, including spots in DTLA, Venice, West Hollywood, Newport Beach, Westlake Village, Malibu and Century City.
