esme

Culver City, CA

esme has great potential options for vegans. Dishes like the Shreuben Sandwich and the Falafel Plate stand out as promising choices.

Top Picks

Roasted Potato

Contains garlic, herbs, lemon, and potato. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Hummus

Contains garlic butter, hummus, spices, and sangak flatbread. We suggest removing the garlic butter.

Grilled Market Vegetables

Contains adobo butter, bread crumbs, and vegetables. We suggest removing the adobo butter and the bread crumbs.

Grilled Leeks

Contains hazelnuts, leeks, parmesan, and tarragon vinaigrette. We suggest removing the parmesan. The tarragon vinaigrette may contain non-vegan ingredients.

Falafel Plate

Contains eggplant purée, falafel, roasted spiced carrots, sabzi, salsa macha, and torshi pickles. This item may contain dairy. The barbari bread may contain non-vegan ingredients.

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Shakshuka

Contains barbari bread, eggs, and labneh. We don't recommend this item.

Chicken Caesar Salad

Contains artichokes, chicken, greens, and rye croutons. We don't recommend this item.

Egg Sando

Contains brioche bun, chorizo, jack cheese, poblano pepper crema, pickled onions, and soft scramble. We don't recommend this item.

Esme Breakfast

Contains barbari bread, egg, French feta, fruit, honey, Persian black tea, and sabzi. We don't recommend this item.

Merguez Sandwich

Contains barbari bread, harisssa aoili, lamb sausage, and pickled onion. We don't recommend this item.

Shreuben Sandwich

Contains Fresno chilis, oyster mushroom, pickled mushrooms, rye, Russian dressing, and Swiss cheese. We don't recommend this item.

Grilled Chicken Sando

Contains arugula, caramelized onion, chicken, ciabatta, lemon aioli, and Monterey jack. We don't recommend this item.

Sides

Country Sourdough

Contains butter, and sourdough. We suggest removing the butter.

Roasted Potato

Contains garlic, herbs, lemon, and potato. We believe this item is vegan as is.

Grilled Market Vegetables

Contains adobo butter, bread crumbs, and vegetables. We suggest removing the adobo butter and the bread crumbs.

Grilled Cabbage

Contains brown butter anchovy sauce, cabbage, and parmesan. We suggest removing the brown butter anchovy sauce and the parmesan.

To Begin

Egg à l'Œuf

Contains egg, Dijonnaise, and trout roe. We don't recommend this item.

Mussel Toast

Contains country sourdough, lardo, lemon aioli, and mussels. We don't recommend this item.

Caesar Salad

Contains artichokes, Caesar dressing, greens, and rye croutons. We don't recommend this item.

Grilled Kohlrabi

Contains chimichurri, kohlrabi, salsa macha, and whipped ricotta. We suggest removing the whipped ricotta. The chimichurri may contain non-vegan ingredients.

Grilled Leeks

Contains hazelnuts, leeks, parmesan, and tarragon vinaigrette. We suggest removing the parmesan. The tarragon vinaigrette may contain non-vegan ingredients.

Grilled Octopus

Contains butter beans, fermented chilis, grilled octopus, grilled shallots, and romesco sauce. We don't recommend this item.

To Follow

Grilled Young Chicken

Contains chicken, confit garlic, and tarragon butter sauce. We don't recommend this item.

Striped Bass

Contains bilbaina tomato and pepper sauce, garlic chips, and striped bass. We don't recommend this item.

Lamb Sirloin

Contains caramelized radicchio, lamb sirloin, and roasted sunchokes. We don't recommend this item.

Short Rib

Contains bone-in short rib, marinade, and sumac. We don't recommend this item.

Falafel Plate

Contains eggplant purée, falafel, roasted spiced carrots, sabzi, salsa macha, and torshi pickles. This item may contain dairy. The barbari bread may contain non-vegan ingredients.

Braised Beef Cheeks

Contains beef cheeks, and braising liquid. We don't recommend this item.

Weekend Only Bagels

Plain, sesame, and everything.

Plain Bagel

Contains bagel, butter, and cream cheese. We suggest removing the (butter, cream cheese)[1].

The Ultimate Bagel

Contains bagel, braised bacon, cheddar, egg, and salsa macha crema. We don't recommend this item.

Veggie Bagel

Contains bagel, capers, cream cheese, cracked pepper, cucumber, dill, red onion, and tomato. We suggest removing the cream cheese.

Smoked Salmon Bagel

Contains bagel, capers, cream cheese, dill, cracked pepper, red onion, salmon, and tomato. We don't recommend this item.