Vespertine

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"Vespertine is from the same chef behind Destroyer, an experimental daytime spot we love. It lives inside a wavy, mesh-like building nicknamed “The Waffle,” and your dinner tasting menu comes with a walk-through of the three-story space, starting in its concrete garden where you’re served sweet birch sap soda, followed by a kitchen tour from a soft-spoken server dressed in a robe. While the food can be divisive, if your main priority is an utterly one-of-a-kind, carefully orchestrated dining experience—one that involves finely tuned service, a dining room that looks like a spaceship, and Icelandic synth music—you will be impressed by Vespertine." - team infatuation

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"Two stars. Jordan Kahn’s Culver City restaurant offers an immersive 16-course dining experience spread across multiple floors at a building known as the Waffle. Dinner starts at $395 a person." - Eater Staff

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"In 2024 it was the sole restaurant awarded two Michelin stars." - Rebecca Roland

"Chef Jordan Kahn's singular operation is tucked inside a strikingly futuristic edifice of red steel ("the Waffle"), a fitting spot for this highly creative restaurant where diners enjoy a tasting menu that is equally out of the ordinary. Each dish is visually stunning, with cuisine that is not only daringly inventive (at times downright whimsical), but also marshals finely honed technique and impeccably balanced flavors, as in an artful dish of scallop with passionfruit, ají amarillo, and petals of horseradish tuile, or an "obsidian mirror" of smoked mussel cream with salted plum. The meal ends as strong as it begins, with a mesmerizing dessert that features kaleidoscopic flavors.Together with their sister restaurants, Vespertine works to ensure all ingredients are used in their entirety." - Michelin Inspector

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"Known for avant‑garde, artful cooking, as evidenced by the plated main course at the dinner — a graceful wild turbot presented encased in a sculptural nest made from dried beets — emphasizing theatrical presentation and meticulous technique." - BySam Stone