top
  /    /  Crudo e Nudo
SANTA MONICA

Crudo e Nudo

18th – 22nd April

Santa Monica’s hottest neighbourhood seafood joint, Crudo e Nudo is the pop-up-turned-restaurant success story by chef Brian Bornemann and partner Leena Culhane. 

After meeting in 2020 and bonding over a love of surfing, sustainability, and simple, honest food, the pair launched Crudo e Nudo as a series of sell-out supper clubs and pop-ups, showcasing the freshest local fish and seafood they could get their hands on. By the following year, the couple had secured their first bricks-and-mortar site, transforming a tiny former juice bar into one of the city’s most popular restaurants almost overnight. 

From their dainty space on Main Street, the duo serve picture-perfect plates of seasonally-changing, sustainably-caught delights, cleverly brought to life by Brian’s imaginative, globally-inspired flavour combinations. Smash hits like his ‘rockfish crudo, mandarin oil, white soy, urfa biber, chives’; ‘tuna tartare toasts, onion confit, sesame, yuzu’; and ‘fried fish collar with charred lemon, citrus vinaigrette & herbs’ have catapulted this local favourite to critical success, placing it firmly on the Santa Monica food map. 

We can’t wait for Brian and Leena to join us for five nights of Californian-style ocean-to-table magic.

Coming up

From bona fide legends to the superstars of tomorrow, each week we welcome a new chef into the Carousel family.

Subscribe to our Newsletter







    +44 (0)20 7487 5564

    BOOK
    WK1

    WildKitchen x Carousel
    Ashcombe Estate, Wiltshire, May-Sept 2025

    Screenshot 2024-03-11 at 09.40.00

    Wine Bar
    Tuesdays to Saturdays, 12pm ’til late

    06786DC4-D0D4-44C3-8EFD-81F239D004F7

    Seto Sousuke

    Tokyo

    1st – 5th April

    thecatbirdseat_110824_final_0027

    The Catbird Seat

    Nashville

    8th – 12th April

    IMG_5224

    Gorka

    London

    15th – 19th April

    Wil Portrait-Miriam Preis

    Goldfinch

    Copenhagen

    22nd – 26th April

    DSC03542

    Gift Cards