Community Highlights: Meet Calin Senciac of Papille Gustative

Today we’d like to introduce you to Calin Senciac.

Hi Calin, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
After almost 2 years of gestation, construction, approvals, we opened in May 2020, as a Farm-To -Table Cafe concept with exclusive farmer’s sourced ingredients and organic coffees and teas.
Less than month later the COVID hit and everything changed.
We moved most of our business on the front patio and we progressed from a cafe to a cafe restaurant with breakfast, lunch, brunch dinner.
The years flew by and , since then, we added a back, private wine room, family room and a back patio, as well as live music on Fridays and Saturdays evening.
Our focus is highly seasonal ingredients, organic produce sourced from farmers, eclectic, natural wines, local beers, fine coffees and teas. We put great accent to sustainability, recycling and striving to be zero waste facility. Our brunches are epic. Our plates bring memories of flowery paintings and colorful nature. Our private events are memorable.

Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It has been anything but smooth: COVID, Riots, Fires, street safety issues , overall economic situation…but we are still here, working hard, putting double the effort and being extra happy to be compensated by small achievments.

Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Papille Gustative?
Papille Gustative (“taste buds” in most latin languages) A farm to table Cafe-Restaurant on Main Street in Santa Monica. A place like no other, where you can taste the produce, meticulously prepared by our amazing kitchen staff, while feeling the hard work and dedication every farmers put into it. A place where you can party or just relax and enjoy, where you can experience live music or just retreat in one of our private rooms. and have a quiet intimate dinner. From Weiser Farms cantaloupes, carrots, potatoes to Munak Farms Tomatoes, Murray Farms fruits, Bill’s Bee Honey, Adam’s Olive ranch olives and oils to Ocean Queen Santa Barbara Uni, we got everything covered localy.

Alright, so to wrap up, is there anything else you’d like to share with us?
Life is a chain of experiences and supporting small businesses create unique experiences, elevating your life, because, after all, no one wants to live in a mall.

Pricing:

• 12 to 38$ breakfast, lunch, brunch
• 18 to 48$ dinner

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.papillegustativela.com
• Instagram: papillegustativela
• Facebook: papillegustativela
• Yelp: Papille Gustative