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  • Details: Beer, Full Bar
  • Hours:
    Dinner: Monday - Thursday: 5:30pm - 11:00pm
    Friday - Saturday: 5:30pm - 12:30am

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Akasha

310-845-1700
9543 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA  90232
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>> More L.A. restaurants coverage on The Guide Servers at Akasha wear organic cotton jeans and hemp aprons, takeout containers are biodegradable, coffee is fair-trade,...

Times Description

The first restaurant opened by "organic celebrity chef" Akasha Richmond. Richmond wrote the cookbook "Hollywood Dish," is the official spokesperson for Silk-brand soymilk and knows more than a thing or two about cooking fresh. Akasha's menu is new American, with a focus on comfort foods prepared with sustainable ingredients and free-range meats. The bar features fresh juice cocktails made with organic premium spirits as well as beer and wine. A bakery—that is open all day—features fair-trade coffee and sugar. When she built the restaurant--which is located in Culver City's first hospital, the historic Hull building--Akasha was obsessively eco-conscious. Limestone counter tops, reclaimed barn wood, organ hemp banquette covers, recycled ceiling insulation, LED lights and biodegradable cleaning materials all make an appearance.

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    "RoseBud"

    Posted by RoseBud on 08/10/2008
     

    Dined at Akasha's a few times. Food is good. Don't eat at the bar! Service is bad. The lady ignores you and talks to one customer. Need a few more choices on the menu but overall liked the food. Bakery lady has a great personality and let us sample.

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    "Needs more pizazz"

    Posted by ad8019 on 04/21/2008
     

    I recently stopped at this restaurant, partly because of the hip atmosphere, but also because the menu looked intriguing - especially the natural factor. I was pleasantly surprised by the tasty "socialite" drink with carrot juice/ginger infusion/vodka(the latter of which seems to negate the health factor, but what the heck,...

Reviews from Yelp_large (3)

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    Posted by Pornsakdi T. on Yelp_small
     

    My first DineLA spot. Came here for some cocktails (during happy hour before dinner) the cocktails were cheap and good. The night we came was also half...

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    Posted by Bita H. on Yelp_small
     

    Akasha is a true gem in the refurbished image of Culver City's landscape. It combines great food, interesting cocktails and a little bit of history (it was...

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    Posted by Amy K. on Yelp_small
     

    A few of us ended up here at random, since the Hello Kitty goth party nearby turned out to have a line several blocks long. The regular part of the...

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