Allegra California Cafe

Handing the baton over to our friends - we know Culver City is going to LOVE you and we will be right here to watch you succeed!

My very last pear & Gorgonzola pizza 😢. You will be missed. 😋

Happy birthday to our beloved Kristen! Come say happy birthday and goodbye to ! Champagne toast at 7pm.

On this, our last day of service, I am reminded of all the blood blood, sweat and tears that went into this diamond in the rough to make it sparkle. Then and now photos for you to see how we have transformed this space.

Throughout the past five years, we have strived to make this restaurant a place where families can enjoy a sense of community and a wonderful meal. We will miss serving the Culver City community. We are still available for any catering needs. Feel free to reach out via email: [email protected].

Dear Valued Guests and Friends,

After much consideration, we have made the difficult decision to permanently close our doors as of October 27, 2024. As many of you know, this restaurant was a reboot of the Italian restaurant where Mario and I met so many years ago, so it is hard to say goodbye. However, we have learned that managing 3 restaurants is simply too much when our most important business is our family. We look forward to having more time to spend with our kids while they still want us around!

We would like to extend our deepest gratitude to the Culver City community and our loyal supporters over the past 5 years. We know the community has appreciated all our school fundraisers and other charitable donations to non-profit organizations. It has truly been a gift to be able to give back to this community that means so much to us.
Thank you for being a cherished part of the Allegra California Café family. We love you and can’t wait to see you one last time!

Mark your calendars! We are starting off school fundraising season with my favorite school, Grand View Boulevard elementary. Please come support starting September 10 through the 13th.

New gansito cheesecake!!!delishhh!

Our new graham crackers pistachio blackberry cheesecake come try it , delizioso buona domenica!!

Among our finest culinary creations are these delectable desserts. Come try them they are to die for!

Are you one of the lucky 1000 people who purchased a ticket for taste of Culver City before they sold out? Come visit our booth and say hi. we will have a couple of our amazing pastas and tiramisu.

𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐢𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚'𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲?
NATIVE AMERICAN MAP 👇👇
https://nativeblood.store/native-american-map
I have often written about my Native-American heritage. Native American blood runs in our family in my mother's and father's lineage.
The ancestors of living Native-Americans arrived in North America about 15,000 years ago. As a result, a wide diversity of communities, societies, and cultures finally developed on the continent over the millennia.
The population figure for Indigenous peoples in the Americas before the 1492 voyage of Christopher Columbus was estimated at 70 million or more.
About 562 tribes inhabited the contiguous U.S. territory. The ten largest North American Indian Tribal Nations were: Arikara, Cherokee, Iroquois, Pawnee, Sioux, Apache, Eskimo, Comanche, Choctaw, Cree, Ojibwa, Mohawk, Cheyenne, Navajo, Seminole, Hope, Shoshone, Mohican, Shawnee, Mi’kmaq, Paiute, Wampanoag, Ho-Chunk, Chumash, Haida.
A tribal map of Pre-European North America, Central America, and the Caribbean by Michael Mcardle-Nakoma (1996) is featured below. It is an important historical document for those of us who have Native-American blood running through our veins.
This map gives a Native-American perspective on the events that unfolded in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean by placing the tribes in full flower ~ the “Glory Days.” It is pre-contact from across the eastern sea or, at least, before that contact seriously affected change.
Stretching over 400 years, the time of contact was quite different from tribe to tribe. For instance, the “Glory Days” of the Maya and Aztec came to an end very long before the interior tribes of other areas, with some still resisting almost until the 20th Century.
At one time, numbering in the tens of millions, the Native peoples spoke close to 4,000 languages.
The Americas’ European conquest, which began in 1492, ended in a sharp drop in the Native-American population through epidemics, hostilities, ethnic cleansing, slavery, and the Indian Removal Act of 1830. An estimated 60 million Native-Americans were killed by this combination of events.
When the United States was founded, established Native American tribes were viewed as semi-independent nations, as they commonly lived in communities separate from white immigrants.
Today, American Indians and Alaskan Natives account for 9.7 million people, according to the 2020 Census.
NATIVE AMERICAN MAP : 👇
https://nativeblood.store/native-american-map

I love it when one of our regular kids shows us some love. Thank you Simon! 🥰

Check out the beautiful recipe article in Culver City Neighbors Magazine. A must-have at our house every holiday season.

There’s nothing like our homemade posole at our sister restaurant, Tortuga Bay!

Come get you pozole today the best in the west!

October is fundraising month This week, we are supporting my kids’ amazing school Today through Friday, we will give 20% back to the school to help fund amazing programs and events.

Trying to decide between pizza and salad?? Why not have both! Our pear and Gorgonzola pizza with fresh arugula and balsamic glaze bits all the flavors- sweet, salty & tangy. The perfect combo!

Lovely card and sweet treats - thank you for the sweet gesture! Check out the website: www.sendmailboxjoy.com to send your personalized cards and treats!
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