Crudo e Nudo•Main Street Santa Monica
Seafood•$$
Crudo e Nudo is an Italian-inflected seafood restaurant & market from Leena Culhane and Brian Bornemann that graduated from its roots as a pandemic pop-up to a brick & mortar in April 2021, debuting on Santa Monica's lively Main Street. Culhane & Bornemann oversee the daily operations at Crudo e Nudo in tandem, with Bornemann serving as executive chef and Culhane running point on front-of-house, design, and community outreach. The raw bar and market provides an approachable experience for people to access the freshest ingredients from Los Angeles farmers markets & fisheries, while aiming for minimal waste as a certified Green Business. Bornenmann's menu features the best West and East Coast oysters, crudo, and sashimi-style preparations, as well as street-food inspired take-away options like the tuna tartare toast with shiro shoyu, shrimp essence, and black sesame. Their menu presents plates that rotate with the micro-seasons of Southern California, and biodynamic wines from around the world. Crudo e Nudo represents the future Bornemann and Culhane see: one in which small businesses are built on trust and transparency, working together to build a sustainable economy that, in turn, feeds the community in more ways than one.
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Crudo e Nudo is an Italian-inflected seafood restaurant & market from Leena Culhane and Brian Bornemann that graduated from its roots as a pandemic pop-up to a brick & mortar in April 2021, debuting on Santa Monica's lively Main Street. Culhane & Bornemann oversee the daily operations at Crudo e Nudo in tandem, with Bornemann serving as executive chef and Culhane running point on front-of-house, design, and community outreach. The raw bar and market provides an approachable experience for people to access the freshest ingredients from Los Angeles farmers markets & fisheries, while aiming for minimal waste as a certified Green Business. Bornenmann's menu features the best West and East Coast oysters, crudo, and sashimi-style preparations, as well as street-food inspired take-away options like the tuna tartare toast with shiro shoyu, shrimp essence, and black sesame. Their menu presents plates that rotate with the micro-seasons of Southern California, and biodynamic wines from around the world. Crudo e Nudo represents the future Bornemann and Culhane see: one in which small businesses are built on trust and transparency, working together to build a sustainable economy that, in turn, feeds the community in more ways than one.