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The word "spago" is Italian for "string" or "twine". The plural would be "spaghi," which is the beginning of "spaghetti", and suggests that pasta is on the menu. [1] The first Spago location opened in 1982, on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood, California, with Mark Peel as chef de cuisine under Puck.
Both Wolfgang Puck and California Pizza Kitchen were instrumental in turning California-style pizza from a gourmet food trend to a mass consumer food product. Based on the success of his pizzas and his status as a celebrity chef, Puck opened a series of restaurants, ranging from high-end clones of Spago to convenience chains for airports and mall food courts.
A California Club pizza from CPK. In 1985, Flax and Rosenfield pooled $200,000 in bank loans and savings along with $350,000 invested from friends to lease space on Beverly Drive in Beverly Hills, California. The first menu, including the famous BBQ Chicken Pizza, was developed by Ed LaDou, then the pizza chef at Wolfgang Puck's Spago ...
Spago, Puck's first restaurant opened on the Sunset Strip (1982) serving California cuisine but later relocated to Beverly Hills. [24] There are five other Spago locations including Budapest, Istanbul, [25] Las Vegas, Maui, and Singapore [26] [27] Caramá located at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. [28]
Edward M. LaDou, III (October 9, 1955 – December 27, 2007) was an American pizza chef, who is credited with popularizing gourmet California-style pizzas. [2] [3] Ed LaDou was the first pizza chef at Wolfgang Puck's Spago restaurant in Los Angeles. [4] He also developed the first menu for the American chain restaurant California Pizza Kitchen. [4]
Lofaso was born in 1976 on Long Island, New York. When she was eight, Lofaso moved to Northridge, Los Angeles, California with her parents. [12] [1] Lofaso has Italian and Jewish roots. [13] Lofaso's daughter Xea Myers was born in 2000 from her relationship with the late Jamaican rapper Heavy D. [14]
Cheryl Burke attends 2023 Variety's Women Of Reality TV at Spago on November 29, 2023 in Beverly Hills, California. Cheryl Burke announced on Dec. 30 that she is pausing her podcast, Sex, Lies and ...
In May 1997, Lazaroff and Puck owned 36 restaurants together, with ObaChine in Seattle, featuring Southeast Asian cuisine and decor, being the 36th. At the close of 2019, Lazaroff co-owns Spago Beverly Hills, Spago Las Vegas and Spago Maui, Chinois on Main, Trattoria del Lupo, Postrio Bar & Grill, and Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill in Las Vegas.