Rory’s Place

we’re SO excited to host a killer line up of guest chefs and restaurant friends up in Ojai this summer. for those who missed the EXCEPTIONALLY DELICIOUS holy basil pop up last month - book your silly seats now through the Rory’s Place resy page. we recommend you come to all four, k? oh also - many of the guest chefs are adding their signature to the friday night brats brews and bubbly cafe menu tooo. we couldn’t be more excited tbqh xoxoxoxxoxoox

Did somebody say soft shell crab????? Did I read chicken skin butter???? This Thursday 5-10 we have the honor of hosting James beard finalist, Filipino American chef Tara Monsod (of @animae.sandiego and @lecoq.sd in San Diego) here at Rory’s Place. The collaboration menu will include some incredibly special dishes from chef Tara and the RP greatest hits from chef Meave. Swipe for a teaser of the menu! We’ll also be making chef Tara’s famous Mapo Dog on Friday 4:30-8:30pm at the cafe, alongside 🤤 Lumpia from Jaclyn (last slide), and some classic Filipino sides. Link in bio to grab a reservation for Thursday’s a la carte dinner. And just stroll into the cafe Friday. Xoxoxoxo

next four weekssssssssssss at the other place

This Thursday June 12th, Rory’s Place x Claudette Zepeda!!! Chef Claudette... a Top Chef/Iron Chef contestant and chef/owner of Leu Leu in San Diego brings her award winning Mexican cuisine to Rory’s Place. This won’t be your typical Mexican menu, as chef Claudette is known for unconventional flavors inspired by her travels around the world. She and chef Meave are putting together an INSANE collaborative a la carte menu, and we cannot wait to share it with you on Thursday! Don’t worry, we’re leaving some RP classics on there as well. Link in biobiobio. Pic via eater.com

Two new dishes at Rory’s Place: Steak tartare w caper berries and toast points Grilled zuchinni pound cake w vanilla bean ice cream and roasted peach Sign me uppp

euni & jake of @studio_ibi_ made such good Korean food for bbb at rory’s other place it deserves its own post. spicy cold noodle salad w special seaweed from jeju island, cucumber soup w ice, pork and shrimp sausages w kimchi, kimbap rice roll w rib eye, crunchy melon salad w cherry tomato and dried shrimp, yummmmmmmmmmm sorry if you missed it.

@gelberandsons made us some rly rly gorgeous wine stoppers and we’re trying sooooo hard not to lose them.

One night only! Chef Deau of @holybasil_la is coming up to Ojai to collaborate on a menu with chef Meave. It’s going to be sooooo outrageously good, ya don’t wanna miss this one. A la carte menu. Grab your seat on @resy now! Link in biobiobiobio.

artichokes w wakame bagna cauda and bright and deeeelish pesto pasta rags? yes plzzzzz

It all kind of started with this crazy idea 🌱 RORY’S PLACE AT LULU A heartfelt thank you to our friends from Ojai. It was a special evening at LULU—filled with a spring tasting menu, thoughtful conversation, and inspiring reflections on their vital work: nutrient cycling, land restoration, and building a more climate-resilient food system. We’re grateful for their care, collaboration, and deep commitment to serve regenerative, organic meals to our communities. 🧡 #springfestival #regenerativefarming #organicmeals #composting 🎥 @marcha_madness 📷 @hannahgoldfield (the lamb ragu photo)

This is a compost comedy. P sure there will be a much fancier video of our dinner coming. But in the meantime, here’s a video of the mess we made @ the hammer. We <3 compost. Backstory: Chef Meave of Rory’s Place and chef Luis of Lulu created a menu for a dinner @ Lulu restaurant at the Hammer Museum on Thursday, celebrating the growers and makers of Ojai—with spring produce, pasture-raised lamb from Boek House, and stories from the land.   This dinner was inspired by a deeply rooted idea taking shape in Ojai—a collaboration between Rory’s Place, The Shepherdess Land & Livestock Co., Boek House, and Mama Tree Farm. Together, we’ve developed a closed-circle nutrient cycling program where the organic green waste from the restaurant is composted on the pastures where animals graze, returning nourishment to the soil and supporting the health of the land. Euni and Rory (with the help of Jesse from Lulu) brought this cycle to life by creating a working composting bay in the courtyard of the Hammer—showing how food, community, and care for the earth are all connected.

this carousel is a mess but I 😍 the other place @loumora took all the good pictures