WHO WE ARE

Xuntos, "together" in Gallego, is a neighborhood Tapas Bar from Chef Sandra Cordero in the heart of Downtown Santa Monica. Xuntos is the sophomore bar & restaurant from Chef Cordero, whose Gasolina Café in Woodland Hills has been a Valley favorite since 2015. A love letter to summers in Spain & the joy of dining (& working) in restaurants, Cordero designed Xuntos to be both romantic & unrefined, where you can sit down at a cozy corner booth & eat with your hands, or stand up at the bar & give a toast.

The menu opens with specialities you won’t find anywhere else in LA: hand-cut jamón ibérico set on the bar & huge Galician-style empanadas with golden-brown crust on display in a glass case by the entrance. It continues with a rotating selection of pintxos (finger foods), seasonal seafood like razor clams & percebes (gooseneck barnacles), & a wide-ranging menu of tapas inspired by the farmer's market & the iconic dishes of Galicia, Catalunya & San Sebastian, prepared & served as in Spain. There are many new things to try & to share, with service anchored in Spanish hospitality: generosity, warmth, abundance & pride.

The wine list by Beverage Director Scott Baker is a who’s who of the top growers in Spain today—more than half of them women—& will expand to include a library of vintages & regions not found outside of Spain. One need only settle on a bottle to know that Spain is producing perhaps the most exciting natural wines in the world right now—& certainly the most fun to drink.

The full bar offers Spanish twists on classic cocktails by friend Kim Stodel, house gin tonics, detours to Islay & Oaxaca, rare vermouths, bone-dry sherries, cold cervezas on draft & chupitos (Galician digestivos) to finish.

Occupying two storefronts of a 1926 building, Xuntos includes separate bar & dining rooms along with two private mezzanines perfect for events: one overlooking the dining room with wood paneling, antique fixtures & Spanish lace curtains, & the other above the bar, with an L-shaped red leather banquette & room to get up & dance (or mingle), with a view of the action downstairs.

Nos vemos pronto!