{"id":231105,"date":"2026-03-22T09:58:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231105\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T09:58:24","slug":"phil-rosenthal-and-nancy-silverton-on-max-helens-their-new-la-diner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/231105\/","title":{"rendered":"Phil Rosenthal and Nancy Silverton on Max & Helen\u2019s, Their New LA Diner"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s another sunny weekday on Larchmont Avenue in Los Angeles<\/a>, and at noon, the estimated wait time for a table at the new diner on the block is at least an hour. Welcome to Max & Helen\u2019s, the very happening and very small 40-seat hot spot from the TV producer and host Philip \u201cPhil\u201d Rosenthal, who created Everybody Loves Raymond and Somebody Feed Phil, and the legendary restaurateur Nancy Silverton<\/a>, the force behind Osteria Mozza and Campanile. It\u2019s a family affair: the diner is named after Rosenthal\u2019s parents, and his daughter, Lily, runs operations with her husband, Mason Royal.<\/p>\n

If they were making a movie about the place, the quotable line might be \u201cIf you build it, they will come \u2026 and wait.\u201d That holds true for everyone from Steven Spielberg to Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet<\/a> to the city\u2019s mayor, Karen Bass. I wanted to find out why, so over matzo-ball soup and a giant sourdough waffle smothered in maple butter, I asked Rosenthal and Silverton a few questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s another sunny weekday on Larchmont Avenue in Los Angeles, and at noon, the estimated wait time for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231106,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[72746,104818,104819,104820,104821,104822,48,52,51,104823,104824,47,104825,34094,104826,104827,50,49,24566,104828,104829,102145,104830,104831,15910,104832,104833,104834,104835,104836,64211,104837,15911,104839,104840,104841,104838,15912,104842],"class_list":["post-231105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-best-waffles-los-angeles","tag-celebrity-chefs-los-angeles","tag-celebrity-restaurant-los-angeles","tag-david-t-friendly","tag-egg-cream","tag-jewish-diner-los-angeles","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-larchmont-avenue-dining","tag-larchmont-avenue-restaurant","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-breakfast-spots","tag-los-angeles-diner","tag-los-angeles-diner-opening","tag-los-angeles-food-scene","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-los-angeles-restaurants","tag-matzo-ball-soup","tag-matzo-ball-soup-los-angeles","tag-max-helens","tag-max-helens-los-angeles","tag-maxs-fluffy-eggs","tag-nancy-silverton","tag-nancy-silverton-cooking","tag-nancy-silverton-diner","tag-nancy-silverton-interview","tag-new-california-diner","tag-new-la-restaurants","tag-osteria-mozza","tag-patty-melt","tag-phil-rosenthal","tag-phil-rosenthal-interview","tag-phil-rosenthal-nancy-silverton-collaboration","tag-phil-rosenthal-restaurant","tag-philip-rosenthal-food","tag-somebody-feed-phil","tag-sourdough-waffle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231105\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}