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The Westside’s Most Thrilling New Modern Mexican Restaurant Is . . . Rustic Canyon!?

The 19-year-old Santa Monica farm-to-table legend is surprisingly now serving a vermilion fish taco, oyster mushrooms al pastor, and pork chops spread with beans and salsa mojcajete.

11:19 AM PDT on September 11, 2026

Peads & Barnetts pork chop with king beans and salsa molcajete at Rustic Canyon. Photo by Hadley Tomicki for L.A. TACO.

Peads & Barnetts pork chop with king beans and salsa molcajete at Rustic Canyon. Photo by Hadley Tomicki for L.A. TACO.

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Regier Farms peaches with basil and Oaxaca cheese at Rustic Canyon. Photo by Hadley Tomicki for L.A. TACO.

RUSTIC CANYON ~ SANTA MONICA