I’d like to cordially welcome you to the second annual LA Food Pod Holiday Party! 

Father Sal and I are joined by our favorite New York-based podcast ho ho hosts, Nancy DaSilva and Bits Nicholas of Compliments to the Chef, for a jolly ole time discussing what’s hot in the Big Apple, what we make of the premature closure of Frog Club, the quixotic restaurant helmed by Liz Johnson of Horses on Sunset fame, and we each bring a holiday cocktail to the table to hopefully inspire you to do some festive drinking of your own, dear listener. We close things off with an historic LA Food Pod Holiday Quiz - will Father Sal be able to secure the crown for Los Angeles, or will the interlopers from New York escape with the dub? Stay tuned to find out. 

In Part 2, we’re joined by Marc Rose and Med Abrous, the co-owners of Call Mom Hosptialtiy Group. Their restaurant Genghis Cohen is one of the hottest tickets in town on any given Christmas, so much so, that they refer to it as their Super Bowl. Marc and Med join us to talk about how their restaurant handles the holiday, and, as the owners of La Dolce Vita in Beverly Hills, we also discuss how they approach taking over legacy spaces in a way that both honors their history, while ushering them into a new era. 

Helpful Links:

Compliments to the Chef Pod https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/compliments-to-the-chef/id1727777167

Compliments to the Chef on IG https://www.instagram.com/complimentstothechef_pod/

Pete Wells on Frog Club https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/dining/frog-club-nyc-closes.html

Vox on Crumbl https://www.vox.com/money/389782/crumbl-cookies-tiktok-viral-consumption

Genghis Cohen https://www.genghiscohen.com/

La Dolce Vita https://www.ladolcevitabeverlyhills.com/

Call Mom Hospitality Group https://www.didyoucallmom.com/

McConnell’s / Genghis Cohen collab https://www.instagram.com/p/DDupoqDyCd_/?img_index=1

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