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What Happened to Akasha After Best Thing I Ever Ate? (Culver City, CA)

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As of September 2026, Akasha has closed — confirmed via culvercityobserver.com, October 9, 2025.

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culvercityobserver.com ·
Secondary source
Yelp ·

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What the source shows: The business's own site and a dated Culver City Observer article show the restaurant's dining room closed in October 2025 while catering and retail service continue.

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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The episode spotlighted Akasha's rustic Californian and New American cooking, built around seasonal produce and house-made, from-scratch preparations. Akasha opened as a chef-owned restaurant, bar, and marketplace in downtown Culver City, pairing a full dining room with a retail bakery counter. The restaurant's own site described the dining operation as an extension of nearly two decades of sourcing relationships built around AKASHA. The Culver City Observer reported on 2025-10-09 that Akasha would close its restaurant service, with October 5, 2025 as its final day of lunch and dinner. A Yelp listing updated 2026-08 marks the Culver City restaurant permanently closed. Akasha's own site, checked 2026-09-08, shows the business continuing as a catering operation and retail shop stocking Akasha-at-Home frozen meals, wine, and beer, and now promotes a new venture, Travel by Akasha, described on the site as a full-service travel company.

Featured on Best Thing I Ever Ate

Season / episode
Season 2, Episode 8
Original air date
Not confirmed
Episode title
Crunchy
What was featured
Akasha's rustic Californian, seasonal New American small plates and entrees
Role
Featured restaurant
Name on the broadcast
Akasha

Frequently asked questions

Is Akasha still open in 2026?

As of September 2026, Akasha has closed — confirmed via culvercityobserver.com, October 9, 2025.

What happened to Akasha after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

The episode spotlighted Akasha's rustic Californian and New American cooking, built around seasonal produce and house-made, from-scratch preparations. As of September 2026, Akasha has closed — confirmed via culvercityobserver.com, October 9, 2025.

Is Akasha permanently closed?

As of September 2026, Akasha has closed — confirmed via culvercityobserver.com, October 9, 2025. We publish a closure only with a dated source behind it, and we say plainly when it has not been independently confirmed.

Where is Akasha located?

9543 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232. That is the address on the record as of September 7, 2026.

What season and episode of Best Thing I Ever Ate featured Akasha?

Season 2, Episode 8 of Best Thing I Ever Ate. The episode is titled “Crunchy”.

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Address
9543 Washington Boulevard, Culver City, CA 90232
Venue type
restaurant
Official website
akasharestaurant.com

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Sources

  • culvercityobserver.com — https://www.culvercityobserver.com/story/2025/10/09/news/another-downtown-culver-city-rest-bites-the-dust-akasha-restaurant-to-close/15481.html
  • Yelp — https://www.yelp.com/biz/akasha-culver-city-2
  • akasharestaurant.com — https://www.akasharestaurant.com/

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