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Vespertine

Creative tasting-menu restaurant in Culver City by Jordan Kahn, set inside the futuristic red-steel building “The Waffle.” Daring, whimsical dishes combine precise technique and balanced flavours; the restaurant group also works to use ingredients in their entirety. Two stars in the MICHELIN Guide California 2025 and 2026.

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Vespertine

Vespertine is a contemporary restaurant in Culver City led by chef Jordan Kahn. It was included among the two-star restaurants in the MICHELIN Guide California 2025 and is also listed with two stars in the 2026 guide. [2][1][3]

The restaurant occupies “The Waffle,” a striking futuristic building of red steel. Its bold, stark setting stages an unusually creative tasting menu. Each dish is visually striking and daringly inventive, sometimes whimsical, while showing precise technique and balanced flavours. Scallop with passionfruit, ají amarillo and horseradish-tuile petals is one example; another is a bowl dotted with edible flowers and finished with tomato water. A mesmerising dessert brings the meal to a close with kaleidoscopic flavours. Along with its sister restaurants, Vespertine works to use every part of each ingredient. [2]

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  1. All The Stars From The MICHELIN Guide California 2025 · MICHELIN Guide ↩
  2. Vespertine - MICHELIN Guide · MICHELIN Guide ↩ ↩ ↩
  3. Every MICHELIN-Starred Restaurant in California for 2026, Plus the Year’s Key Trends · MICHELIN Guide · 2026-06-24 ↩