Inside Lele Dinner Club, LA’s hottest reservation. Plus, Pizza City Fest preview with Steve Dolinsky.

Lele Dinner Club is the buzzy new supper club from Pizzana chef and master pizzaiolo Daniele Uditi, offering an exclusive 10-course Neapolitan tasting menu that’s quickly become Los Angeles’ hottest reservation. With only three seatings so far and a waitlist already topping 6,000 names, this underground culinary experience is redefining LA fine dining. On this episode of The LA Food Podcast, I take Father Sal behind the scenes of the entire Lele Dinner Club journey—how to get in, what’s on the menu, and why this immersive, communal experience is unlike anything else in the city’s restaurant scene.

In Part 2, we’re joined by 13-time James Beard Award winner Steve Dolinsky for an exclusive Pizza City Fest Los Angeles 2025 preview. Happening this weekend at LA Live, Pizza City Fest will feature over 40 top pizzerias from across Southern California. I sat down with Steve at LaSorted’s in Chinatown to talk all things LA pizza—what makes it special, how it compares to pizza scenes in New York and Chicago, and why he believes LA is becoming a major pizza capital in the U.S.

Whether you’re a die-hard foodie, pizza obsessive, or just trying to score a seat at Lele Dinner Club, this is one episode you don’t want to miss.

Helpful Links:

Lele Dinner Club https://www.leledinnerclub.com/

Pizza City Fest https://pizzacityfest.com/

Jenn Harris on Lele Dinner Club https://www.latimes.com/food/story/2025-04-21/le-le-dinner-club-italian-food-daniele-uditi

NYT’s Priya Krishna on restaurant design https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/dining/restaurant-ambience-vibes.html

NYT’s Kim Severson on the return of meat https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/dining/meat-beef-restaurants-politics.html

EEEEEATSCON 2025 https://www.eeeeeatscon.com/los-angeles

Antoni Porowski’s cheese raves https://www.eater.com/2025/4/22/24413509/antoni-porowski-interview-queer-eye

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