Episode 200! LA’s Worst New Influencer + The Restaurant Using AI… Well? | THE LA FOOD PODCAST

Two hundred episodes in, Father Sal returns to help Luca celebrate the only way they know how: eating well and talking shit. They dig into Alta Adams, Cuernavaca’s Grill and the best bites from LA ChefCon, where conversations about restaurant economics and the future of food media raise a bigger question: who’s paying for any of this?Then it’s Chef’s Kiss / Big Miss: an anonymous LA influencer turns refusing to tip into content, Superiority Burger’s Brooks Headley plots a mysterious Los Angeles restaurant, and breakfast burritos get the astrology treatment. Plus, Luca’s roller-coaster regrets and an airplane cookie theft that deserves its own investigation.In Part 2, Chloe Makhani, CMO of Casaléna and Avondale Hospitality, joins Luca to discuss building a Woodland Hills destination for everything from date nights to weddings, growing a restaurant business with her siblings, and preserving the human touch as hospitality expands. They explore how Slang AI helps Casaléna handle restaurant calls while giving staff more time to focus on the guests in front of them.This episode is sponsored by Slang AI, the AI phone concierge built specifically for restaurants. Its newly launched Superhost makes calls feel more natural, responding to a caller’s mood and following along as guests interrupt, change their minds or switch languages mid-conversation.Run a restaurant? Learn more about Slang AI and Superhost.Joun us for the Echo Park Pizza Crawl!Discussed in this episode:The Daily: “The Restaurant Industry Is Broken” (transcript)No Bad Days: Brooks Headley interviewLos Angeles Times: Jenn Harris on Masa y Taza’s breakfast burrito