This was surprising to me…  It appears that Downtown Santa Monica’s perennial popular burger joint Stout Burgers & Beer has disappeared from its location at 111 Santa Monica Blvd.  I’m not exactly sure when it closed, but the windows are papered over, perhaps indicating a new inhabitant is in the works.  I’ll keep watching…

Update: A reader let me know that the space is being taken over by next door’s Bar Monette and will feature “French small plates and burgers”. (Thanks Sean!)