Zaytin-YEAH!
This Turkish word gave us our name and our slippery personality.
What is "Zeytinyağı"?
(Zaytinya)
This OG studio gave Dorothy her yellow brick road just blocks from here.
What is MGM?
This chickpea champion always brings big dip-energy.
What is hummus?
A guest says, “Just water, please.” You follow up with this bottled question.
What is “Still or sparkling?”
The first thing a guest sees—and it should sparkle.
What is a smile or a greeting?
This humanitarian chef founded Zaytinya and also saves the world between meals.
Who is Jose Andres?
This boulevard is the main drag through Culver and passing by Zaytinya shares a name with the nation’s capital.
What is Washington Blvd?
This is Zaytinya’s puffy pride and pita joy.
What is house-baked pita?
This blush-tinted wine screams "YES WAY!"
What is rosé?
This is the sweet spot of checking on a table: not too much, not too little.
What is 2 minutes?
Zaytinya first opened in this city where power lunches mean mezze on The Hill.
What is Washington, D.C.?
This building once housed the munchkins and is now haunted by brunchers.
What is The Culver City Hotel?
This "eggplant emoji" of a dip has major smoke-show energy.
What is baba ghanoush?
Sip happens when gin meets Mediterranean botanicals to create this classic cocktail.
What is a Gin & Tonic?
We don't like shorter tables at JAG but prefer these types of tables?
What are longer tables?
This swanky mixed-use development in Culver City is home to a trendy hotel, shops, and a direct connection to the Expo Line
What is Ivy Station?
Stuffed grape leaves that are a wrap in every sense.
What are dolmades?
Before pouring wine from a new bottle, always offer the guest this.
What is a taste?
These three spreads are the "OG Mezze Trinity".
What are hummus, tzatzkiki, and baba ghanoush?
These 282 steps are more than just a workout—they’ll take you to a view so stunning, it’ll have you saying "step aside, Hollywood!"
What are The Culver City Stairs?
This type of oven-baked flatbread is shaped like a canoe.
What is pide?
This savory, herby cocktail gives margarita lovers serious "FOMO" if they don’t order it.
What is the Za’atar Margarita?