Topanga Creek General Store

Malibu & Pacific Palisades


There's nothing fancy about this throwback to a simpler time in the heart of Topanga Village, but the store sells pretty much all the necessities: craft beer to paper clips, camping rope and paint brushes, French preserves to chichi Intelligentsia coffee, a modern-day necessity in these parts.


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