Summer in Brentwood usually rewards routine. This one rewards a calendar. Between a food hall that finally opened on San Vicente in April, two first-to-market retail arrivals at the Country Mart, and a Getty concert series running its last full season before a year-long closure, the neighborhood is quietly compressing several years of change into a fourteen-week window. Residents who treat the summer as a countdown, not a default, are going to get materially more out of it than those still ordering the same Saturday coffee.
The San Vicente stretch is mid-transition
The corridor between Barrington and Bundy is in the middle of a turnover most locals have only half registered. Neighborly Brentwood opened on Saturday, April 11, at 11:00 a.m., after receiving final sign-offs from the city of Los Angeles. The address is 11770 San Vicente, and the format is a four-counter food hall built for groups that never agree on one restaurant. The launch lineup includes What Gaby's Cooking from Chef Gaby Dalkin, Mini Kabob from Chef Armen Martirosyan and family, Mixtape from Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson, and Palermo Pizza Club from Frank Pinello of Williamsburg's Best Pizza. You can pick and choose from among the four chef-crafted menus or pick up fresh and frozen items from the gourmet marketplaces. For a household with a teenager who only eats pizza and a partner who only eats kebab, that is the meaningful detail.
Two blocks east, the next chapter is already scheduled. The h.wood Group is developing Montana's at 11920 San Vicente, a restaurant and lounge designed to evoke the atmosphere of an "exclusive, intimate clubhouse," slated for an early 2027 opening. The group is known for Delilah and Harriet's. The read for residents is that the San Vicente dining stretch is being reweighted toward late-night and hospitality-forward concepts, which is a different corridor from the one that existed even eighteen months ago.
A little south, on Barrington, the handroll counter has doubled in size. Savta has expanded to a second, more spacious spot in Brentwood at 906 S Barrington Ave, with the same handrolls as the original, combinations like tuna with truffle and jalapeño, red snapper with yuzu kosho and cilantro, and one with uni, caviar, and toro; on weekdays there's a lunch special that includes an appetizer and three handrolls for $32. That $32 weekday number is the one to remember. It is the rare Westside sushi lunch that reads as a decision rather than an occasion.
The Country Mart's summer additions are the actual news
The Mart is easy to dismiss as unchanging, which is exactly why the two 2026 arrivals matter. The Brentwood Country Mart nabbed the first Los Angeles County location for women's contemporary brand Varley, followed by the opening of London men's swim trunk maker Orlebar Brown. Orlebar Brown opened its Brentwood Country Mart location on June 12, marking the company's fourth California location and joining boutiques in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach and Montecito. The Chanel-owned brand is known for tailored swim shorts, linen shirts and polished resortwear designed for vacation and warm-weather dressing.
Two openings in a single quarter is a lot for a courtyard that trades on continuity. The reason to walk over is the contrast. Diesel Books, Sweet Rose Creamery, Farmshop, Reddi Chick, and the mini carousel still anchor the north side. The new tenants are wedged into that texture rather than replacing it, which is a specific kind of retail move: a first-to-LA-County brand choosing a 1948 shopping center over a Melrose storefront. The Brentwood Country Mart first opened on November 18, 1948, and sits at 225 26th Street just south of San Vicente Boulevard. If you have not been through the courtyard since spring, both new shops are worth the twenty-minute walk from anywhere between 26th and Bundy.
Off the 405 is running its last full season
This is the summer's single most time-sensitive line item, and most residents do not yet know it. The Getty Center will shutter in the spring of 2027 for a year to make way for major modernization efforts, which means the summer of 2026 is the time to bask in Off the 405 before it takes a year off. The Getty Center will be closing for a year for planned improvements before the Olympics, from March 2027 through early 2028, so the concert series will likely be taking a year off after this summer.
The 2026 schedule is compact and the tickets are free but reserved.
| Date | Performer |
|---|---|
| May 30 | aja monet |
| Summer 2026 | Hunx and His Punx |
| Summer 2026 | Leenalchi |
| Summer 2026 | Horse Lords |
| Aug 22 | Laurel Halo |
The series returned in 2026 beginning May 30 with a performance by aja monet, with Hunx and His Punx, Leenalchi, Horse Lords, and Laurel Halo also featured, and the final night taking place Aug. 22. Each Saturday-night performance starts at 7:30pm and is preceded by a DJ set at 6pm. The mechanics of getting in matter more than the lineup. Entry is complimentary but you'll want to book admission in advance, and tickets become available about three weeks ahead of each show. Parking drops to $15 after 3pm, and the Getty is offering free parking for those who show up after 6pm on Saturdays. Arrive at six, park free, walk the gardens before the DJ set, and treat the concert as the closing act of the evening rather than the reason for it. That is the local's read.
For the daylight visitor, the calendar is separately worth checking. The Getty's summer exhibition schedule includes runs opening June 23 and July 14 that both close October 18, which means anything you plan to see with visiting family in September is already on a clock.
The trail hour residents keep to themselves
Sullivan Canyon and Mandeville Ridge are two of the reasons people move north of Sunset in the first place, and their summer use pattern is not obvious to newer arrivals.
- Sullivan Canyon Trail starts at a green gate at the end of Queensferry Road. This 8.5-mile round trip hike departs from a residential street a couple miles north of Sunset Boulevard and follows a wide trail up the center of a sycamore-filled canyon. For the first three miles, you're so enchanted by the huge oaks and sycamores that drape across and shade the trail, you barely notice that you've climbed nearly 600 feet.
- Sullivan Canyon to Mandeville Ridge Loop is the harder cousin. The loop is considered a hard hike covering 10.4 miles with an elevation gain of 1,666 feet, taking about 5 to 5.5 hours to complete.
- San Vicente Mountain Park sits at the top and is the shortest route to a real view. The shortest route up San Vicente Mountain approaches the peak from the east: a 2-mile round trip hike that follows an unpaved portion of Mulholland Drive and climbs just 335 feet. In the 1950s, San Vicente Mountain served as a mountaintop military installation to defend Los Angeles from Soviet missile attacks.
The residents' timing rule is Sullivan in the heat of the day, ridge in the morning. Time the Sullivan side for peak heat, most shade of the day. The canyon holds ten degrees against the ridgeline in July.
A resident's summer rhythm
Layered together, the summer has a shape. Saturday morning belongs to the Brentwood Farmers Market at the corner of San Vicente and Gretna Green, adjacent to the Brentwood Country Club. Mid-afternoon is a walk through the Mart to see whether Varley or Orlebar Brown has restocked. Saturday evening in late May through late August is Off the 405 with a six p.m. arrival for free parking. Sunday belongs to Sullivan Canyon before ten a.m. and to Neighborly for the mixed-order lunch afterward.
The two dates worth writing in ink are August 22, when Laurel Halo closes Off the 405, and the following spring, when the Getty gates close for a year. Between those two markers is the last easy summer at the top of the hill for a while.
If you are considering how these shifts along San Vicente and 26th Street shape the value of a Brentwood home, or you own on one of the canyons and want a discreet, seasoned read on where the market is heading into the fall, Susan Stark Homes welcomes private conversations. Request a Private Consultation.
