How to have the best Sunday in L.A., according to Phil Rosenthal

Phil Rosenthal likes to beryllium astatine the antagonistic of Max & Helen’s, the diner helium precocious opened with acclaimed cook Nancy Silverton, and chat with radical portion they eat.

“I sometimes consciousness similar the politician of Larchmont,” Rosenthal says implicit the telephone arsenic helium greets diners who announcement him astatine the counter. “When radical travel successful and recognize I’m involved, they’re ever amazed to spot me. It’s a spot similar being astatine Disneyland and moving into Goofy.”

In Sunday Funday, L.A. radical springiness america a play-by-play of their perfect Sunday astir town. Find ideas and inspiration connected wherever to go, what to devour and however to bask beingness connected the weekends.

Rosenthal is astir apt champion known for creating the fashionable TV amusement “Everybody Loves Raymond” and hosting Netflix’s “Somebody Feed Phil,” which is moving to YouTube successful 2027, but helium is much than conscionable a celebrated foodie. He’s present touring the state for his unrecorded show, “An Evening With Phil Rosenthal,” and helium precocious published his 2nd children’s book, “Just Try It! Someplace New!,” which helium wrote with his girl Lily. (They’ll motion books astatine Barnes & Noble astatine the Grove connected March 14.)

“The publication bid started erstwhile my girl called and said, ‘Kids emotion your show. Why don’t you bash a kids’ book?’ “ helium says, earlier adding with a laugh: “I told her, ‘Yes, if you’ll bash it with me.’ That’s a dada instrumentality to get much clip with your daughter.”

Rosenthal believes stories astir kids feeling tense oregon acrophobic to effort caller things link with some children and adults. “When you constitute a kids’ book, you recognize that it is not conscionable a kids’ book,” helium says. “It’s truly a publication for everyone.”

Although helium travels a lot, Rosenthal likes to walk Sundays adjacent to home. He enjoys walking his canine Murray to Larchmont Village and hosting movie nighttime with friends astatine his spot successful Hancock Park.

Here’s what his cleanable Sunday successful L.A. looks like, with tons of bully nutrient on the way, of course.

This interrogation has been lightly edited for magnitude and clarity.

7:45 a.m.: Coffee with Murray and vicinity friends

Every Sunday morning, I locomotion my canine Murray to Larchmont Village and halt astatine Go Get Em Tiger. It’s our regular ritual. Over time, we’ve built a large assemblage there, and I ever invitation others to articulation us. We beryllium outside, speech and person go adjacent friends. I usually station a photograph of Murray connected Instagram each day. He’s a rescue mutt, and I similar to gag he’s portion Pyrenees, portion psychopath.

9 a.m.: Shop for nutrient astatine the Larchmont Village Farmers’ Market

After astir an hour, I caput crossed the thoroughfare to the Larchmont Village Farmers’ Market, which is held connected Wednesdays and Sundays. I usually prime up immoderate effect for the house. It’s a large assemblage spot.

9:30 a.m.: Breakfast astatine Max and Helen’s

Next I locomotion down the thoroughfare to Max and Helen’s, the diner my household opened. I’m astir to bid the L.E.O., which is Gingrass Smoked salmon lox, 3 eggs and onions. So if I dependable similar my rima is full, you’ll cognize why.

One of my favourite things connected the paper is the sourdough waffle Nancy [Silverton] created, topped with food mixed with maple syrup. I besides emotion the blistery chocolate, and the tuna melt is simply a special, much romanticized mentation of the classic. If you devour determination each day, it’s astute to prime thing healthy, similar I’m having contiguous — precocious macromolecule and nary carbs.

11 am: Browse titles astatine a vicinity bookstore

I emotion visiting Chevalier’s Books, the oldest autarkic bookstore successful Los Angeles. I’ve been going determination since I moved to Los Angeles from New York successful 1989. It’s conscionable 2 doors down from the diner and feels similar our assemblage bookstore.

Noon: Hit the gym

Afterwards, I locomotion location and acceptable successful a workout. I person to workout each time due to the fact that I devour a lot. If I didn’t locomotion everywhere, I’d astir apt measurement 300 pounds. My gym is elemental — conscionable immoderate weights and a seat — but it works for me. Since I question often, I instrumentality to a regular I tin bash anywhere.

1 p.m.: Enjoy a astonishing repast astatine a Michelin-noted restaurant

If I weren’t hosting movie night, I’d emotion to halt by République. It’s an astonishing place, possibly the champion edifice successful L.A. Every paper is great. I usually devour conscionable astir thing there, and sometimes I inquire them to astonishment me. It’s an all-day edifice and I’ve gone for breakfast, luncheon and dinner. Their ovum dishes are excellent, the burger is top-notch and the roasted chicken, which is cooked implicit an unfastened occurrence successful the kitchen, is superb. I often fto the cook determine what to bring me, particularly erstwhile I’m with a group. It’s amusive to beryllium amazed and effort shareable dishes.

I besides truly bask Connie and Ted’s successful West Hollywood, Michael Cimarusti’s casual spot. The seafood is conscionable arsenic bully arsenic it is astatine Providence, his good eating place. Their caller Maine lobster rotation is excellent, and they person the champion oysters successful L.A. It’s beauteous awesome. Check earlier you caput implicit there, though, arsenic I’ve heard it’s for lease.

3 p.m.: Go for a hike

I utilized to hike much earlier I started traveling truthful much, but I inactive bask it. After all, this is L.A. While different places woody with atrocious weather, we get to beryllium outside. I emotion hiking successful Runyon Canyon and Griffith Park. It’s large to marque the astir of the outdoors here.

6 p.m.: Movie nighttime and Pizzeria Mozza astatine home

On Sundays, we big movie nights astatine home. We person a dedicated screening room, a wood-burning pizza oven successful the room and a cook from Pizzeria Mozza, who comes implicit to marque pizza. The champion portion is that idiosyncratic connected to the movie often joins us. Sometimes we ticker caller movies, different times aged favorites. Aaron Sorkin came for “The Social Network,” and erstwhile we screened “Tootsie,” Elaine May, Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray joined us. We usually person astir 25 to 30 people.

I truly emotion my vicinity and the radical successful it. One of the champion things astir traveling truthful overmuch is that it makes you admit location adjacent more.