Born in Spain in 2008. Opened in Livermore in 2025.
In 2008, in the fishing town of Jávea on Spain’s Costa Blanca, I committed to a small seaside spot and named it El Campo. The idea was pure and uncomplicated: a lively, market-driven restaurant celebrating the farmers, the fishermen, the seasons, and the joy of sharing good food. The kitchen was built, the first menus written, the team ready. Then the financial crisis of 2008 hit Spain with devastating force. Funding disappeared overnight, and El Campo in Jávea never opened its doors.
The name, the spirit, and the concept never left.
Seventeen years later, after earning a Michelin star in Portugal, cooking in Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, Milan, Mykonos, and the last decade in the Bay Area, that original vision has finally come to life, exactly as it was meant to be.
El Campo crossed an ocean, found the perfect home among Livermore’s vineyards and farms, and became L Campo.
Here, every dish is still chef driven, still rooted in the bold, soulful flavors of Valencia and the Spanish coast, still designed to be passed around the table with friends, family, and plenty of laughter.
The restaurant that waited seventeen years is finally open. Welcome to L Campo. ¡Salud y bienvenidos!
Torsten Schulz, Chef & Founder
The people
Torsten Schulz
Chef & Founder
Thirty-four years in kitchens, a Michelin star in Portugal, and the concept that waited seventeen years. He runs the kitchen and everything that feeds it.
Mete Akbaba
Partner, The Bar
Mete joined L Campo at the beginning of 2025 as a partner, to run the bar and bring twenty years in restaurants to the front of the house. A certified mixologist, he wrote the signature cocktail list, and the bar crowd it draws is his doing. The room runs the way it does because he is in it.
The years
| 2008 | El Campo, Jávea. Kitchen built, menus written, doors never opened. |
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| 2023 | The concept revived for Livermore: the name, the brand and lcampo.com, the kitchen drawn, the first menus written. |
| 2024 – 2025 | The menus refined; build-out at 2059 First Street. |
| 3 September 2025 | L Campo opens. The doors had been open softly since late August. |
The room
