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Élephante
Southern Mediterranean
A rooftop restaurant on Second Street where a cactus garden gives way to a sunset room lined with wood and stone, and the Pacific sits just beyond the windows. The kitchen works the Southern Mediterranean register in shareable small plates, the kind where flavors land a little sideways in the best sense. Santa Monica's see-and-be-seen crowd fills the room, but the cooking holds its own without leaning on the view for cover.
One honor, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
One number, weighted & current 69
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
- Rigatoni verde with mushroom ragù Michelin Guide
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