More fun in Culver City

Culver City's restaurant row, which is expanding as fast as a SimCity game, gained yet another hip eatery when the new M Cafe de Chaya lifted its plywood and opened its doors on Sunday.  Look, no long lines like those at its Melrose Avenue sister restaurant (the Chaya operation also includes Chaya Brasseries in both Los Angeles and San Francisco and Chaya Venice.) 

The Culver City macrobiotic cafe and deli is twice the size of the Melrose cafe too, which is why, according to the server who handed me my soy milk cappuccino and vegan raspberry-chocolate chip muffin this morning, they've moved the pastry ops for both restaurants to the new spot -- which also sports plenty of tables and some sunny indoor seating (outdoor coming soon).  If you go outside and squint, you can expand your people-watching to the patio at Fraiche just down Culver Boulevard.  Or bring your binoculars and see what the folks outdoors at (in east-west geographic order) Tender Greens, Ford's Filling Station and Akasha are eating: Look, all the pretty new restaurants lined up in a row.  And, to judge by the spreading plywood (you can almost hear the city engineers clicking on their keyboards) across the street -- signs for Rush Street, Gyenari -- there's no end in sight.  Well, at least until you run into Sony.  Virtual restaurant, anyone?

M Cafe de Chaya, 9343 Culver Blvd., Culver City.  (310) 838-4300.  Daily, 8 am to 9 pm. 

-- Amy Scattergood

Photo by Amy Scattergood

Comments

[Dave]

Chipotle Culver City opens July 11th! Finally, a quick MexMeal next to the theatre.

[PNW Trojan]

Soon it'll be like 3rd street promenade - grossly overwhelmed by too many. City oafs, er Officials NEED to remember the VALUE AXIOM: "Less, IS more!'

[John]

Yeah, that's fine, but THERE'S A CHIPOTLE COMING TO CULVER CITY!!!

No more frou-frou salads or overpriced entrees while you're waiting for the movie to start, now you can have delicious and affordable tacos and burritos!

With Mrs. Garcia's AND Chipotle, Culver City is going to be burrito heaven.