Sara The Wine Bar & Restaurant

I strongly recommend Sara the Wine Bar on Sepulveda in Culver City for anyone who enjoys wine and Italian cuisine. I fell in love with the gluten free Polenta! Under the hot plates section and only $13, the home-style corn meal is on a bed of homemade bolognese sauce, topped with Parmesan cheese, which can be left off if you’re lactose intolerant. The service is top notch and they have a good amount of indoor seating, as well as a bar. To make a reservation, call during their business hours - they open at 5pm. Bottles of wine are 10% off, so our group shared 3 of the chilled red 2020 vintage of Domaine de Fenouillet Ventoux, Rhone, France, which went from $44 to $40. If you’re going with multiple people, I recommend saving and splitting a bottle.

SARA the Wine Bar is a classy and lovely little Italian-themed establishment on Sepulveda in Culver City which also has a few gluten-free options for persons living with that food need. We were staying next door in order to attend a National Conference at the Pauline Media Bookstore. We needed a restauraunt within walking distance and I was glad to find SARA next door to our hotel. In addition to a number of salads, other gluten-free options at SARA the Wine Bar include: Eggplant Parmigiana and, for dessert, Pannacotta (strawberry or caramello). For those who do not need to eat gluten-free, SARA offers a number of luscious pastas and scrumptious desserts on its menu. Highly recommended.