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The LA Food Podcast

by Acquired Taste Media

The LA Food Podcast is where LA’s top chefs, boldest food stories, and biggest restaurant moments all collide. Hosted by Luca Servodio, the official hype man of Los Angeles restaurants, we dig deep into what’s happening across the most exciting food city on the planet — Los Angeles.
We’ve chopped it up with legends like Wolfgang Puck, Brooke Williamson, Joe Sasto, and more. Expect chef interviews, restaurant news, behind-the-scenes drama, food culture trends, and no-BS conversations about LA’s dynamic dining scene.
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1
Q&A: Full-of-Sh*t Influencers, Bad Restaurants That Stay Packed, and How to Find a Wife + Pizza Lies with Daniele Uditi
1:51:40 Mar 27, 2026
2
Noah Galuten Co-Hosts: LA Chef Mount Rushmore & Noma Art vs Artist Debate. Plus, LA Taco Enters The Chat (Finally).
1:21:53 Mar 20, 2026
3
Noma-Gate in LA: The Timeline, The Fallout & The Protest Press Conference
1:17:49 Mar 13, 2026
4
COUCH POTATOES: Top Chef Is Back & The 2026 Top Chef Fantasy Draft
40:05 Mar 10, 2026
5
Matt Rodbard Co-Hosts: Sqirl By Night, More Noma Thoughts & the Food Media Startup Ignoring the Algorithm
1:11:30 Mar 6, 2026
6
Is Michelin Wrong About SELINE? A Gloomy James Beard Industry Report & The Guys Disrupting the Wine Club
1:42:13 Feb 27, 2026
7
Eater Takes Max & Helen's Heat, New York Times Declares LA's "Essential" Dishes & Echo Park Survives The LA Food Pod Bar Crawl. Plus, Mirate/Daisy Margarita Bar's Max Reis on Mezcal & More.
1:39:47 Feb 20, 2026
8
Alison Roman on AI, LA Dining & Reinvention. Plus, Major Noma Drama, @ComfyWithKerry Episode Fallout & a Major RVR Apology.
1:32:10 Feb 13, 2026
9
The LA Dining "Scam" Debate Breaking People's Brains: @ComfyWithKerry, Influencer Hype, and Why Dining Out Feels So Fraught Right Now
1:00:16 Feb 6, 2026
10
LA's James Beard Supremacy; Noma Silences the Haters (Kind Of); Plus, Revenge of the Neighborhood Restaurant with Adam Weisblatt (Last Word Hospitality) & DK Kolender (Hermon's).
1:21:38 Jan 30, 2026
11
Keeping Up With Kato: Why Jon Yao & Ryan Bailey Never Stop Evolving
55:08 Jan 23, 2026
12
In Defense of Noma's $1500 Price Tag (Not Really). Plus, Jason Lee of Expense Account.
1:36:31 Jan 16, 2026
13
New Year, New Laws for California Restaurants. Plus, RIP Horses, Welcome Back Bäco, and Sorry Bill Simmons.
1:04:56 Jan 9, 2026
14
Food Resolutions, What’s In & Out for 2026, and Luca’s 2026 Countdown Announcement
1:17:09 Jan 2, 2026
15
Building Budonoki: From USC Apartment Pop-Ups to One of LA’s Buzziest Izakayas
49:49 Dec 26, 2025
16
The 2025 LA Food Awards
1:14:51 Dec 19, 2025
17
Inside the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants List With Bill Addison and Jenn Harris. Plus, Biggest Drops, Rising Stars, and Notable Exclusions with Father Sal.
1:45:09 Dec 12, 2025
18
James Beard Awards Controversy Explained, Wagyu Wars, and LA Dominates Esquire’s Best New Restaurants. Plus, 2025 Gift Guide Feat. My Wife.
1:21:21 Dec 5, 2025
19
New York Dining in 2025: NYC's American Bistro Boom, Reservation Crisis, Credit Card Wars — and Why LA Should Care
1:06:58 Nov 28, 2025
20
3 LA Restaurants Make Eater’s Best New Restaurants, Bay Cities’ Fall From Grace, Recipe Brain Rot, and Eric Greenspan’s Tesla Diner U-Turn. Plus Recent Meals at Wilde’s and Camphor.
1:03:00 Nov 21, 2025
21
Eater/Resy Founder Ben Leventhal on Blackbird and the Future of Dining. Plus: Good News for Food Media, The Infatuation’s Best New Restaurants, Michelin Demotions, and Recent Eats at Betsy & More.
1:29:16 Nov 14, 2025
22
Ludo Lefebvre Just Wants To Be Free. Plus, David Chang's Super Peach, Garibaldina Society, And The SoCal Kabob Chain Taking Over America.
1:23:38 Nov 7, 2025
23
150th episode mailbag: Peer-pressured meals, LA food media blindspots & what we’d do as mayor. Plus Katie Parla on Rome, Italian food, and why to avoid Eataly.
1:51:11 Oct 31, 2025
24
NYT savages Spago. Plus, Next Gen Chef hot takes and recent meals at Republique, OyBar and Ototo.
1:03:31 Oct 24, 2025
25
The dark side of "enlightened hospitality," with Adam Reiner. Plus, Great White's racist controversy, LA Taco's "best" Mexican restaurants, and thoughts on Quarter Sheets Pizza.
1:46:18 Oct 17, 2025
26
66 years of wild, wonderful stories at Chez Jay. Plus, Hermosa Beach's culinary rise, Taylor Swift's Hollywood haunt, and our 3 favorite classic LA restaurants.
1:37:44 Oct 10, 2025
27
A Frankly Psychotic™ Analysis of North America's 50 Best. Plus, Baby Bistro impressions, Bub & Grandma's Pizza, New York eats, and Zohran Mamdani the foodie.
1:12:27 Oct 3, 2025
28
Is Santa Barbara California’s most underrated dining city? Plus, an interview with the Dom’s Taverna dream team.
2:16:32 Sep 26, 2025
29
Boycott brewing at Enrique Olvera’s Damian? Plus, 2 LA restaurants win Bon Appétit honors, 4 endangered LA restaurants find lifelines, and the NYT dunks on Alinea.
1:05:09 Sep 19, 2025
30
And Dave Beran took that personally. Plus, Food & Wine snubs LA, three LA restaurants score major NYT praise, and our favorite CA pizzas outside of LA.
2:16:50 Sep 12, 2025
31
Nancy Silverton, y’all. Plus, did our first visit to Kato live up to the hype?
1:42:29 Sep 5, 2025
32
The ultimate Las Vegas food weekend featuring MY WIFE !!! Plus, Cracker Barrel in crisis, restaurants face new allergen legislation, and an interview with La Fontaine's Laetitia Rouabah.
1:29:03 Aug 29, 2025
33
Is food media... dying? Eater's race to the bottom and the fight for local food journalism. Plus, hot people restaurants, Italian sandwich fatigue, and Top Chef’s biggest competitor.
56:10 Aug 22, 2025
34
Michael Voltaggio on legacy, LA’s fine dining rise, and why he won’t slow down. Plus, restaurants pivoting “for the right reasons” and a preview of LA Chef Con 2025.
1:18:29 Aug 15, 2025
35
Unpacking the Joshua Weissman scandal. Plus, Daniel Patterson opens up on mental health, Michelin, and his next big move.
1:58:19 Aug 8, 2025
36
How should food writers cover Elon Musk's Tesla Diner? Plus, the influencer who closed a restaurant, the taqueria that scored national headlines, and a ray of hope for Cole's French Dip.
52:14 Aug 1, 2025
37
Palm Springs' culinary coming-of-age, featuring MY WIFE (!!!). Plus, Elon Musk's Tesla Diner opens, In-N-Out's owner steps in it, and LA Chef Con returns.
1:17:15 Jul 25, 2025
38
Inside the Closure of Cole’s French Dip with Owner Cedd Moses and IHC's Eddie Navarrete. Plus, the Trends Defining LA Dining in 2025
1:22:07 Jul 18, 2025
39
Santa Monica legend Raphael Lunetta on food, friendship, and feeding Larry David. Plus, RIP Cole's, goodbye to The Angel, and apologies to Evan Funke.
1:13:48 Jul 11, 2025
40
Has Michelin rewired LA fine dining… for good? Plus, Chef Daniel Patterson’s Jaca Social Club, Tejal Rao’s first review as NYT critic, and a taste of Let It Rip, our companion pod for FX’s The Bear.
1:27:54 Jul 4, 2025
41
Bill Addison on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants in California. Plus, Top Chef Season 22 recap, a trailer for our new podcast, and flowers for LA’s 3 Michelin-starred restaurants.
1:50:29 Jun 27, 2025
42
Unsolicited James Beard takes and an interview with Evan Algorri and Andrew Lawson of Etra and Cafe Telegrama
1:28:02 Jun 20, 2025
43
The gourmand’s guide to San Diego, featuring Addison, Tribute Pizza, The Lafayette Hotel and more.
1:16:28 Jun 13, 2025
44
How AI is infiltrating fine dining. Plus, Evan Funke’s back at it, Jonathan Gold under fire, and Father Sal tries the Erewhon Hailey Bieber smoothie.
1:07:43 Jun 6, 2025
45
Could “entertainment zones” save LA restaurants? Plus, Matu’s Scott Linder and Ryan Gianola on expanding their wagyu beef empire.
1:14:02 May 30, 2025
46
Is Thomas Keller losing it? Plus, Found Oyster's Ari Kolender on cooking the finest things in the sea and Queen’s savvy rebrand.
1:45:19 May 23, 2025
47
Condiment Claire, the LA-raised content creator taking over the world. Plus, burger love/hate, oyster economics, and Nobody Wants This bagels.
43:24 May 16, 2025
48
Are LA diners too hard to please? Survey results from The Angel, Top Chef progress report & big news from Bill Esparza
1:10:47 May 9, 2025
49
Meteora Rising: Is Jordan Kahn's Melrose restaurant ready for 2 Michelin Stars? Plus, Opening Cafe Esca Part 4, AKA the ins and outs of designing a menu.
1:36:45 May 2, 2025
50
Inside Lele Dinner Club, LA’s hottest reservation. Plus, Pizza City Fest preview with Steve Dolinsky.
1:14:17 Apr 25, 2025
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