WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.480 --> 00:00:03.080 Hey, it's Niel Sevedre. You're listening to kfi EM six 2 00:00:03.200 --> 00:00:06.799 forty the four Report on demand on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:11.800 It's gorgeous today, it is very much summer weather. Happy 4 00:00:11.839 --> 00:00:14.080 to be with you. We get three hours check this out, 5 00:00:14.119 --> 00:00:17.719 three hours every Saturday, just to celebrate food, the people 6 00:00:17.719 --> 00:00:21.600 that make it, the culture behind it, historical places here 7 00:00:21.600 --> 00:00:24.120 in out La, going out to eat, cooking at home, 8 00:00:24.239 --> 00:00:27.480 everything in between. I know that the world can be 9 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:31.719 a sharp cornered place these days, and this is a 10 00:00:31.800 --> 00:00:34.000 sanctuary of sorts for us to shake off the news 11 00:00:34.039 --> 00:00:36.960 and come together and just celebrate food, something we all love. 12 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:40.119 So I have been doing the show for over a 13 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:42.560 decade and there are tons of places that I still 14 00:00:42.640 --> 00:00:46.280 haven't had on the program, and I'm always surprised, especially 15 00:00:46.320 --> 00:00:51.359 when they are, you know, in the highest echelon of 16 00:00:52.320 --> 00:00:57.719 Los Angeles eateries. And today we're going to change that 17 00:00:58.079 --> 00:01:02.200 with John Lindquist. He's the managing partner at tam O'Shanter 18 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:06.120 in Los Felis. And I welcome you to the show, 19 00:01:06.159 --> 00:01:09.280 my friend Neil. Thanks for having me. It's a pleasure 20 00:01:09.319 --> 00:01:10.799 and I appreciate you taking the time to come down. 21 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:13.640 I know Saturdays are very hard. They're busy time for 22 00:01:13.719 --> 00:01:17.640 restaurants for a couple reasons. I do want to talk 23 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:20.239 about tam as a whole because it's one of my 24 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:26.840 all time favorite places that encapsulates, you know, motion, a vibe, 25 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:30.040 a sense of getting away and away from the noise 26 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:34.359 in life. Great food, you know, fun servers, people that 27 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:36.760 seem to want to want to be there and work there, 28 00:01:37.439 --> 00:01:40.400 people enjoying themselves, all these things. But I want to 29 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:43.519 start out with something you're doing now with table thirty one, 30 00:01:43.799 --> 00:01:46.000 a special that you're doing. Why don't you tell people 31 00:01:46.040 --> 00:01:47.799 about table thirty one please? 32 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:48.319 Yeah? 33 00:01:48.359 --> 00:01:51.000 So Table thirty one is the most requested a table 34 00:01:51.000 --> 00:01:54.719 in the restaurant. It actually was Walt Disney's favorite table. 35 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.840 Wow, did he ever say why it was? Is there 36 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:01.159 is the location? I've seen it, were sat there, But 37 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:05.799 is there some reason that he wanted that? It's a foretop? Right? 38 00:02:05.959 --> 00:02:09.000 Yeah, it's a fore top mainly because it was his 39 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:10.520 back would be up to the wall. He could see 40 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:13.879 everybody coming in through the bar area. Was mafia, No, 41 00:02:13.960 --> 00:02:15.520 but he would take his meetings there. And you got 42 00:02:15.520 --> 00:02:17.680 to remember the animators were there too, and they always 43 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:18.960 wanted to get stuff in front of him. 44 00:02:19.280 --> 00:02:23.719 Gotcha, he could see him coming fire. People were going 45 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:28.199 to show his wares or their wares or whatever. And 46 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:32.800 he had his favorites there as well. Right, his foods 47 00:02:32.840 --> 00:02:35.840 that he liked, that he ordered quite often. Was he 48 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:38.319 the Taypo ordered the same meal over and over? 49 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:41.080 From what you've heard, yeah, he was pretty much, here's 50 00:02:41.080 --> 00:02:45.080 a potatoes kind of guy. Yeah, so chili, fried eggs, 51 00:02:45.319 --> 00:02:47.560 hamburger steaks, real simple fare. 52 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:52.120 Wow, sounds like me without all the genius. But the 53 00:02:52.280 --> 00:02:57.240 appetites similar, and so there's a lot of I mean, 54 00:02:57.240 --> 00:03:02.960 the vibe of tam O'Shanter is also whimsical, and it 55 00:03:03.039 --> 00:03:05.879 wasn't far from the studio at the time, and all 56 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:08.719 of those things, so it made sense. Do you know 57 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:13.280 of any specific I don't know, deals or ideas that 58 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:15.400 were made at table thirty one? 59 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:18.039 Well, I mean a lot of things we're done at 60 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:21.960 table thirty one. Table thirty one was part of the 61 00:03:22.000 --> 00:03:27.520 inspiration for some attractions in Disneyland were actually formed right there. 62 00:03:27.800 --> 00:03:30.240 He sketched him on the back of Tamashanner napkins, which 63 00:03:30.240 --> 00:03:32.400 are now in the family archive in San Francisco. 64 00:03:32.759 --> 00:03:34.680 Wow, they won't even give us a copy of them. 65 00:03:34.759 --> 00:03:38.000 But really we were able to get what was on 66 00:03:38.039 --> 00:03:40.479 those napkins and we were able to etch it into 67 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:42.879 the table. So you can see the etchings on the table. 68 00:03:43.000 --> 00:03:47.960 That's cool. Yeah, that's cool and permanent and a really 69 00:03:48.879 --> 00:03:53.360 neat thing. There are so many people that in Los 70 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:57.840 Angeles have touched or experienced or have had an idea 71 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:00.759 pop into their head. To be able to, I don't know, 72 00:04:00.759 --> 00:04:04.960 commemorate that in a way is powerful. Now, you folks 73 00:04:05.599 --> 00:04:09.960 at tam O'shantern have gone above and beyond with that 74 00:04:10.080 --> 00:04:13.479 and now offering something that you couldn't get before, and 75 00:04:13.520 --> 00:04:17.879 that is a lunch and a dinner that's been curated 76 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:23.120 around the Walt Disney experience with a historian or somebody. 77 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:24.879 So explain about that. 78 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:27.800 Yeah, So guests have the opportunity now to book and 79 00:04:27.839 --> 00:04:30.240 guarantee the table. Before it was always like a first come, 80 00:04:30.279 --> 00:04:32.319 first serve, you know, and you never knew if you 81 00:04:32.319 --> 00:04:34.759 were going to get it. So those who didn't get 82 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:36.560 it felt like their day got ruined because they didn't 83 00:04:36.560 --> 00:04:38.240 get sit at the table. So now we made an 84 00:04:38.279 --> 00:04:41.319 experience via open table where people can book it out 85 00:04:41.720 --> 00:04:43.720 for two hour time slots. So Basically how it works 86 00:04:43.800 --> 00:04:46.480 is they get a four course meal, either lunch or dinner, 87 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:50.439 and it's some of We've got Wall's favorite burger on there, 88 00:04:51.120 --> 00:04:52.639 which is the only place in the restaurant you can 89 00:04:52.639 --> 00:04:54.040 get that burger is at that table. 90 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:55.720 Yeah, because it's not on the menu right now. 91 00:04:55.720 --> 00:04:56.439 It's not on the menu. 92 00:04:56.600 --> 00:05:01.040 It's always been like this secret menu item, but it 93 00:05:01.079 --> 00:05:03.240 was It's never official. It was not officially put on 94 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:05.480 a menu anywhere. So they can get they had the 95 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:08.480 opportunity to have that, and then throughout the meal, we've 96 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:12.199 got our storytellers there. So we've got our historians on staff, 97 00:05:12.680 --> 00:05:16.000 our Disney table ambassadors. That's so cool to come to 98 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:18.240 the table and they'll bring little tidbits and talk about, 99 00:05:18.360 --> 00:05:19.879 you know, the experience that Wald had. 100 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:22.279 What he was there. You know what's funny is I 101 00:05:22.920 --> 00:05:26.279 don't have a problem eating alone. You know. For what 102 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:28.000 I do. I try a lot of places out and 103 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:34.319 go places. My wife is not a big foodie, so 104 00:05:34.319 --> 00:05:38.839 so you know, i'd go occasionally. But Town is one 105 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:40.680 of the few places where I just go sit at 106 00:05:40.680 --> 00:05:43.240 the bar and have a meal there and don't even 107 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:46.680 think about just the vibe of the place and talking 108 00:05:46.720 --> 00:05:49.600 with whoever's bonding the stick and just hanging out is 109 00:05:49.759 --> 00:05:52.920 just it just puts you in a whole different mindset. 110 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:56.240 How long have you been the managing partner. 111 00:05:56.560 --> 00:05:59.480 I've been running the place for the families for fifteen 112 00:05:59.560 --> 00:05:59.959 years now. 113 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:04.160 Wow. Yeah, And you know what brought you there? Had 114 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:07.199 you been in that industry before, had you known the 115 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:08.920 history of tam o'shantern. 116 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:13.240 I lucked out, honestly, good for you. So I came 117 00:06:13.279 --> 00:06:15.079 out of grad school, I went to Vegas. I was 118 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:16.920 working in restaurants there, and then I ended up in 119 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:19.079 La randomly with the same company that I was working 120 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:21.040 in Vegas. They were opening a restaurant out here, didn't 121 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:25.199 do so well, and then I found Lowri's. I found 122 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:27.519 Lowries the primer m. I said, wow, it's an interesting restaurant, 123 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:29.240 it's an interesting concept. I think I'll go and work 124 00:06:29.240 --> 00:06:31.160 for them. So luckily they gave me a job, and 125 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:34.040 then you know, the spot at the Tama Shunter came out. 126 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:36.079 They said this would be perfect for you. You know, 127 00:06:36.120 --> 00:06:37.959 you'd love to do this. It's a real challenge and 128 00:06:37.959 --> 00:06:40.160 it's a fun place to work. And I lucked out, 129 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:41.319 you know, fifteen years ago. 130 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:43.879 Good for you, I mean, and it is, it is. 131 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:47.199 I would imagine it's a challenge for a couple of reasons. 132 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:50.079 You have new people coming in. You have old people 133 00:06:50.120 --> 00:06:51.839 who have been there and I mean old who have 134 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:55.600 experienced the restaurant through whatever changes or lack thereof, and 135 00:06:55.639 --> 00:06:58.560 things like that that want things exactly the way to stay. 136 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:02.120 And I always, if I the heritage places, throw that 137 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:05.120 curveball where keeping it the same but moving it forward 138 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:06.319 is a battle. 139 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:09.040 Is that true? That's absolutely true. We have our what 140 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:10.839 we refer to as our legacy guests, right. 141 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:13.800 Yeah, so I called them old legacy guests sounds better. 142 00:07:14.040 --> 00:07:16.079 So we've been open for one hundred and three years. 143 00:07:16.160 --> 00:07:18.399 Yeah, we have guests who are one hundred and three 144 00:07:18.480 --> 00:07:20.240 years old who have been there every year for their 145 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:24.879 birthday essentially, is which is nuts to think about. You know, 146 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:26.480 one hundred and three years old in the restaurant business 147 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:28.600 is crazy. But to have guests who have been there 148 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:30.399 for the better part of that century that we've been 149 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:34.920 open to balance having to move forward, you know, having 150 00:07:34.959 --> 00:07:35.360 to put. 151 00:07:35.199 --> 00:07:36.680 A vegetarian dish on the menu. 152 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:39.000 Yeah, I mean that was a scary thing when when 153 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.040 that was done, you know, twenty years ago, and you 154 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:45.199 can imagine the uproar. But every time we changed the 155 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:46.439 menu a little bit, we do get a lot of 156 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:47.399 pushback from the guests there. 157 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:49.240 So, well, where's this dish? Where's that dish? They said. 158 00:07:49.480 --> 00:07:51.560 We always tell them, listen, you got to remember that 159 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:54.120 that dish you had twenty thirty years ago. It might 160 00:07:54.160 --> 00:07:57.079 have changed, but that was new twenty thirty years ago. 161 00:07:57.120 --> 00:07:59.040 When you started like, yeah, so you're gonna find something new. 162 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:01.480 Yeah, yeah, that's a good way of looking at it. 163 00:08:01.519 --> 00:08:05.680 You know. That's the whole point is. That's why it's 164 00:08:05.680 --> 00:08:08.480 funny how Tam o' shantered has been through, you know, 165 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:11.800 all kinds of different things, La has been through. But 166 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:16.639 the reality is most places that are coming into the 167 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:20.240 sea and the food scene now are trying to find 168 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:23.839 a vibe, trying to find something that's worth It's more 169 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:26.439 than just the food now. Now people want an atmosphere 170 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:29.480 and they want you know, and Tam has had it 171 00:08:29.519 --> 00:08:32.320 the whole time. So people get to go in there 172 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:35.879 enjoy that. And whenever I walk in, I don't care 173 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:38.360 what time of the year it is, I always feel, 174 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:41.600 you know. Now the holidays are always fun, and of 175 00:08:41.600 --> 00:08:44.120 course going in there in March is always a blast, 176 00:08:44.159 --> 00:08:49.399 but it just has its own energy and speaks to 177 00:08:49.559 --> 00:08:53.279 the an older La and Hollywood that I happen to 178 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:56.000 be a fan of. So you're very, very lucky to 179 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.159 do that. We come back, we'll talk more about Tam 180 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:01.120 o' shanter, the food, and we'll talk about the menu 181 00:09:01.159 --> 00:09:04.200 and stuff. But the fact that you can now book 182 00:09:04.480 --> 00:09:08.759 through Open Table Table thirty one, Walt Disney's table, go 183 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:12.759 hear some history have the food that he loved. I 184 00:09:12.840 --> 00:09:15.840 thought was very special and wanted to make sure and 185 00:09:15.879 --> 00:09:18.759 I've talked about it on the show. But you know 186 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:21.879 the fact that we've got John Lindquist here, he's the 187 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:24.559 managing partner, is just a special way to kind of 188 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:28.559 put a nice exclamation point on it. So stick around. 189 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:32.720 We'll talk more about this amazing restaurant right here, just 190 00:09:32.799 --> 00:09:35.720 on the outskirts of Los Angeles and Los Felis area 191 00:09:36.879 --> 00:09:39.360 that is so special and why it is so special. 192 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:40.080 So stick around. 193 00:09:40.279 --> 00:09:43.240 You're listening to The Fork Report with Neil Savedra on 194 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:45.840 demand from KFI AM six forty. 195 00:09:46.799 --> 00:09:49.039 Hey everybody, it's the Fork Report. I'm Neil Savadra. Thanks 196 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:52.399 for hanging out today. Right now, My guest is John Lindquist. 197 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:55.399 He is the managing partner of tam o' shanter in 198 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:57.679 Los Felis in Los Angeles here right off of the 199 00:09:57.759 --> 00:10:00.639 five if you're going that way, and it just is 200 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:03.759 a special place. It's owned by the Loweryes folks, so 201 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:07.039 you know that they The food is already spectacular, but 202 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:10.840 the vibe and the history one hundred and three years old, 203 00:10:11.039 --> 00:10:14.840 it just is an incredibly special place. And so John 204 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:18.559 was talking about how Table thirty one is where you know, 205 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:22.080 Walt Disney used to sit there with you know, three 206 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:25.679 guests and make deals and come up with, you know, 207 00:10:25.840 --> 00:10:29.639 ideas of things, you know, notes on napkins type stuff 208 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:32.600 and talk about having a foot in the door of history. 209 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:35.559 And we were talking a little bit about how you 210 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:40.840 can now get that. You can reserve that table a 211 00:10:40.840 --> 00:10:44.440 special meal for a special price that I think is fantastic. 212 00:10:44.480 --> 00:10:47.279 It's basically a four course meal there. You can check 213 00:10:47.320 --> 00:10:50.799 that out. Do you have to go to the Lowry's 214 00:10:50.879 --> 00:10:54.840 site first? You go to Lowry's to find you guys? 215 00:10:55.480 --> 00:10:58.559 Oh yeah, you can get to tamil shutter dot com 216 00:10:58.840 --> 00:11:00.000 or Lowry's online dot com. 217 00:11:00.360 --> 00:11:04.000 Got you either way, And then you can on the 218 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:08.480 open table you can reserve and get your reservations there. So, 219 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:11.600 what's going on with the menu right now? What are 220 00:11:11.639 --> 00:11:15.360 the things Prime Rib obviously is going to be on there, 221 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:17.960 but what are some things that are the favorites of 222 00:11:17.960 --> 00:11:19.440 people that come in Tamo Shander. 223 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:22.720 So our number one favorite during the daytime lunch service 224 00:11:22.759 --> 00:11:25.440 is our brisket sandwich. Oh yeah, We've been doing brisket 225 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:28.960 for a long long time. It's the most popular. And 226 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:30.879 I know why because it's the only thing my wife 227 00:11:30.919 --> 00:11:33.000 asked me to bring home from the restaurant, you know, 228 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:35.639 after being there fifteen years, that's the one thing she 229 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:36.360 stole requests. 230 00:11:36.399 --> 00:11:37.759 Can you bring me some brisket tonight? 231 00:11:38.639 --> 00:11:42.879 It is? It is an incredible sandwich. And yeah, brisket's fantastic. 232 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:45.840 Yeah, it goes great with our pant coleslaw beets and 233 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:48.679 pickles that we've been doing for at least fifty years. 234 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:49.480 Wow. 235 00:11:50.360 --> 00:11:52.120 And what's your jam? What do you go to after 236 00:11:52.200 --> 00:11:54.960 being there the whole time fifteen years? Yourself? 237 00:11:56.840 --> 00:11:59.360 I'm always a sucker for a nice piece of prime Rib. 238 00:12:00.639 --> 00:12:04.240 That said, you know, I'm a pub food kind of guy. Yeah, 239 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:06.759 I love I love the vibe of our pub So 240 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:10.159 I love our chicken sandwich. It cannot be beat. It 241 00:12:10.240 --> 00:12:13.399 really is a it's a it's an amazing sandwich. And 242 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:16.080 I'm a burger guy too. Yeah, but I get mine. 243 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:17.799 I add the extra patty to mine. 244 00:12:18.000 --> 00:12:20.320 Yeah, look at you. I'm trying to think if it's 245 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:22.360 if is it served with a knife in the center 246 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:24.080 These days, I'm trying to think of it, or if 247 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:26.519 the burger just comes as is it's been a long time, it. 248 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:29.559 Comes as Okay, it's topped with you know, your traditional 249 00:12:29.639 --> 00:12:30.200 lettuce tomato. 250 00:12:30.399 --> 00:12:31.960 Oh my god. 251 00:12:32.159 --> 00:12:35.039 It just that is like the food that brings a 252 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:37.120 smile to my face no matter what. And when you 253 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:39.279 don't know what you want, you can walk into place 254 00:12:39.360 --> 00:12:42.799 like tam O Shantern and get something off the menu 255 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:44.600 and it's going to bring you that joy that like, 256 00:12:44.679 --> 00:12:46.559 oh I didn't even know that I wanted this today, 257 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:50.320 but this is what I want. So of course, okay, 258 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:53.039 that sandwich. What about dinner time? What's what's the number 259 00:12:53.200 --> 00:12:56.240 one order that comes in on the menu. 260 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:58.320 I mean the number one order is you know, I 261 00:12:58.320 --> 00:13:01.559 mean fifty percent of the guests order. Yeah, and you know, 262 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:03.600 I mean obviously we've made it famous with Lowry's The 263 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:05.799 Prime Rib and Lowry's the Prime Rib was born at 264 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:08.480 the Tama Shanter. That seasoning salt was mixed in our 265 00:13:08.519 --> 00:13:11.440 garage at the restaurant in nineteen thirty seven, right before 266 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:12.759 we opened in nineteen thirty eight. 267 00:13:12.799 --> 00:13:13.320 At Lowry's. 268 00:13:13.320 --> 00:13:15.600 The Prime Rim still one of my favorites. I learned 269 00:13:15.639 --> 00:13:17.960 about it from my mom and now it's a staple 270 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:20.960 not only in my indoor kitchen, but my outdoor kitchen 271 00:13:21.320 --> 00:13:24.480 in the backyard. It has it in sealed drawers back 272 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:26.960 there too. It just is one of those things that 273 00:13:27.039 --> 00:13:31.679 you don't get anywhere else. And your side, what's your side? 274 00:13:31.799 --> 00:13:32.840 Your go to side? 275 00:13:33.120 --> 00:13:35.600 My side is always the cream spinach. Oh yeah, we 276 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:37.519 do it traditionally with the bacon in it, and it's 277 00:13:38.120 --> 00:13:39.919 you know, it's it's been a staple of that menu 278 00:13:40.039 --> 00:13:41.120 since nineteen thirty eight. 279 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:42.720 Excellent. How's business been? 280 00:13:43.120 --> 00:13:44.200 Business is great? 281 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:45.519 Actually good? 282 00:13:45.879 --> 00:13:48.919 You know, I think I think we had a very 283 00:13:48.960 --> 00:13:52.759 challenging start to this year, but we've been an anchor 284 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:55.159 in that community in Atwater Village for one hundred and 285 00:13:55.159 --> 00:13:58.159 three years, so we kind of became their go to 286 00:13:58.279 --> 00:14:00.799 comfort spot, you know, with all the trouble that was 287 00:14:00.799 --> 00:14:05.320 happening with fires, Yeah, and whatnot. I think people found 288 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:07.879 that sense of comfort and sense of home that the 289 00:14:07.919 --> 00:14:09.720 time of Shinner kind of kind of gives off. 290 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:13.320 And it's an interesting vibe there on Los Feeless Boulevard too, 291 00:14:13.440 --> 00:14:15.879 because you have the new I mean, you have Costco 292 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:17.519 across the street, and you have stuff like that, But 293 00:14:18.000 --> 00:14:24.480 there is that little nook right there on the most gosh, 294 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:26.759 what would be that most southern part of training of 295 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:33.639 thing where that runs. But how you have this time 296 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:39.159 capsule in that building and that that hasn't seemed to change. 297 00:14:39.159 --> 00:14:41.960 I mean, can look at pictures of it forty years ago, 298 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:46.600 it looks the same. Yeah, you go into you know, 299 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:48.039 open the door and go in there and you see 300 00:14:48.039 --> 00:14:54.200 the photos and the history. Just the vibe, the smell 301 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:57.200 of the place is just welcoming everything about it. So 302 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:00.840 I just I can't say enough great things about any 303 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:03.960 last words about tam O'Shanter that you want people to 304 00:15:04.000 --> 00:15:06.600 know or if they haven't been in, what they should try. 305 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:08.799 Yeah, if you haven't been in, I mean, we've got 306 00:15:08.840 --> 00:15:10.919 a diverse menu. We're not We're not a one dish 307 00:15:10.960 --> 00:15:13.759 restaurant like Lowry's the Prime Rim. We've got a little 308 00:15:13.799 --> 00:15:17.279 bit of everything for everybody. You know, we're family friendly. 309 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:20.519 We always have been. You know, we see three generations 310 00:15:20.519 --> 00:15:22.360 of a family sitting around the dining room table and 311 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:25.279 love it. You our dining rooms every night, so you know, 312 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:27.759 it's just it's a great place to to get away 313 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:29.039 from the hustle and bustle of La. 314 00:15:29.759 --> 00:15:32.120 Yeah, and it's friendly and you're always met with friendly 315 00:15:32.639 --> 00:15:37.399 just the whole. I can't recommend it enough if you 316 00:15:37.600 --> 00:15:40.200 if you've never been, and I know we've got a 317 00:15:40.320 --> 00:15:44.759 massive audience, you know, throughout California and beyond even Las 318 00:15:44.840 --> 00:15:49.279 Vegas and Arizona and everything else. But you know, make 319 00:15:49.320 --> 00:15:52.559 a day trip. If you're you know south here, you're 320 00:15:52.600 --> 00:15:54.919 in Orange County, make a day trip or plan to 321 00:15:55.000 --> 00:15:58.679 come out. And if you're local and haven't been, just 322 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:01.559 take yourself out, go and enjoy yourself. It just really 323 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:03.879 is a special place and there's good people. So this 324 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:06.639 is my first time meeting John Lindquist there, so it 325 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:08.320 was a real pleasure. Man. I appreciate you taking the 326 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:09.000 time to come in. 327 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:11.559 Yeah, Neil, thanks for having me, and I really appreciate 328 00:16:11.559 --> 00:16:13.159 me you No, it's my pleasure. 329 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:15.480 But I know that Saturdays are busy, so you're going 330 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:18.519 to run back and make sure that the cats are 331 00:16:18.559 --> 00:16:22.399 all where they're supposed to be. But good time had 332 00:16:22.440 --> 00:16:25.159 by all at tam O'Shanter. Get out there and enjoy yourself. 333 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:30.200 And if you have the testecular fortitude to go there 334 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:35.200 four in March and enjoy a little Saint Patti's day, 335 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:38.639 good luck to you. It's packed, but man it it's 336 00:16:38.679 --> 00:16:40.679 like nothing else you've ever experienced. As well. 337 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:43.919 You're listening to The Fork Report with Nil Savadra on 338 00:16:44.039 --> 00:16:46.480 demand from KFI AM six forty. 339 00:16:46.840 --> 00:16:48.799 Happy Saturday to you and Neil Savadra here with the 340 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:50.679 Fork Report. Happy to be hanging out with you on 341 00:16:50.720 --> 00:16:57.399 this gorgeous Saturday. It is warm. It is warm outside, 342 00:16:57.720 --> 00:17:01.559 but you know what, that's nice. Get out there grilling, 343 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:05.559 enjoy some family, some downtime. This is a hard day 344 00:17:05.599 --> 00:17:08.000 to want to get stuff done at the house, though, 345 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:11.359 I will tell you that, got up, went out back, 346 00:17:12.000 --> 00:17:14.160 went into my shop, started working on a few things. 347 00:17:14.200 --> 00:17:17.720 I was like, oh, this is not no air conditioning 348 00:17:17.720 --> 00:17:19.519 in the shop, you see, It's just not the way 349 00:17:19.519 --> 00:17:23.759 it works. But it's a nice day to be I 350 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:25.680 don't know if you have a pool, hang out there, 351 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:28.799 if there's a public pool or one at the you know, 352 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:31.559 apartment center or something, whatever it is. If you can 353 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:34.680 be by water, that's great as well. So you know 354 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:38.079 John Lindquist, first time I met him managing partner there 355 00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:42.680 at tam O'Shanter. I guess it's technically Atwater Village. I 356 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:44.960 always think it is Los Felis because it's on Los 357 00:17:44.960 --> 00:17:47.319 Felis Boulevard, but it's you know, on the eastern side 358 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:50.559 of Los Angeles there, nice guy, and I thought it 359 00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:52.039 was very cool for him to come in. It's very 360 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:55.079 hard for the restaurants in any way, shape or form 361 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:57.839 to come in on a Saturday, and we always appreciate it. 362 00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:01.000 But those of you who want to hang out with 363 00:18:01.039 --> 00:18:04.000 me on social media, please do at Fork Reporter, at 364 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:07.119 Fork Reporter on Instagram and X and threads and all that, 365 00:18:07.400 --> 00:18:10.960 although I'm on Instagram the most. But you can come 366 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:15.480 hang out with me there at Fork Reporter and and 367 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:19.079 Annie there she writes, bring back the deviled eggs, because 368 00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:22.720 they have right deviled eggs at tam O' Shanter, but 369 00:18:23.279 --> 00:18:25.680 they are not on the main menu anymore. I do 370 00:18:25.799 --> 00:18:31.079 not believe. However, I will tell you this, Annie, why 371 00:18:31.119 --> 00:18:35.720 don't you go and reserve the Disney table table thirty 372 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:42.119 one because you can get the deviled eggs with that meal. Plato, 373 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:45.559 now you got. Don't you roll your eyes at me? 374 00:18:45.880 --> 00:18:49.000 Why you're supposed to be support. 375 00:18:49.440 --> 00:18:51.160 It was a plaid ow. It just threw me off. 376 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:54.039 It just wasn't expecting the plat ow. Why it just 377 00:18:54.119 --> 00:18:56.440 came out of nowhere for me. I was excited about 378 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:58.279 the deviled eggs and plit out. It just kind of 379 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:00.640 threw me. I'm going to not roll for the rest 380 00:19:00.640 --> 00:19:01.839 of the show. You have an hour and a half, 381 00:19:01.880 --> 00:19:03.200 so I'll calm down. 382 00:19:05.359 --> 00:19:07.920 This is what I deal with. I come in here, 383 00:19:08.319 --> 00:19:12.759 I'm trying to bring joy to the masses, how but 384 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:21.759 no I get constantly getting poked, called names, lack of support. AnyWho. 385 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:24.680 A good time had by all there, and I highly 386 00:19:24.720 --> 00:19:29.519 recommend tam o' shantered, but I thought that was super cool. 387 00:19:29.599 --> 00:19:31.920 I just it's one of those places you've never been, 388 00:19:32.039 --> 00:19:32.359 have you. 389 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:34.279 I have not. 390 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:37.920 It's just it's like it reminds you of a Disney 391 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:39.799 ride when you look when you pull up, because it 392 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:42.359 just got this old kind of cottagey vibe to it. 393 00:19:43.440 --> 00:19:45.759 But yeah, it's been there for a long time and 394 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:48.759 it just is I don't know, just good stick to 395 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:49.480 your ribs food. 396 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:49.680 No. 397 00:19:49.839 --> 00:19:50.000 Yeah. 398 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:52.319 After reading about the experience and talking to John, I'm like, 399 00:19:52.400 --> 00:19:53.720 I got I got to make sure I make time 400 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:55.319 to go there. It sounds like something that you can 401 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:57.640