Chef Suzanne Goin and Restaurateur Caroline Styne Introduce Updated Offerings
Celebrating Local L.A. Culture with Hearty Burritos, Hand-Crafted Pizzas,
the All-American Fried Chicken Picnic Box, Piri Piri Chicken for Two in Supper in Your Seats and Their Favorite Magpie’s Soft Serve Treats
LOS ANGELES – The LA Phil has announced menus for the 2026 Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine season. Now in its eleventh year with award-winning chef Suzanne Goin and restaurateur Caroline Styne, Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine promises exceptional dining for visitors to the iconic venue. Goin and Styne’s culinary history has defined Los Angeles tastes since 1998 when they opened Lucques, their legendary first restaurant. At the Hollywood Bowl, California-inspired offerings are available at three full-service restaurants and three marketplaces as well as the Terrace and Garden Boxes, which can be ordered a day in advance. Four-time James Beard Foundation award-winner Goin’s vibrant new summer dishes pair beautifully with the exceptional wine and beer programs curated by Caroline Styne, also a Beard Foundation winner for Outstanding Restaurateur. Overseeing the broad range of dining options serving Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine’s thousands of nightly guests is Executive Chef Erik Lopez.
Caroline Styne has curated a diverse retail wine selection in the three marketplaces this season, offering a broad selection of varieties and options for wine lovers visiting the Bowl. The markets feature a number of canned wines as well as a wide selection of organic, biodynamic and non-alcoholic bottles made by celebrated artisanal winemakers like Melville, Cafe Society, Weingut Leitz and The Wonderland Project, as well as an array of wines from the Bowl’s new sponsor Grapevine Wines in partnership with Beckmen Winery, Hitching Post Winery and Lola Wines.
Returning for the 2026 season are the Wednesdays and Sunday Market Tastings – a 16-week program of complimentary wine tastings at the Plaza Marketplace with guest winemakers, importers and sommeliers hand-selected by Caroline to give the venue’s visitors an immersive and personal experience with her favorite people in the wine world.
Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine’s many dining options include three sit-down restaurants with seasonally changing menus, street-food kiosks, pre-ordered picnic boxes and a full-service dinner delivered to your box seat. For private events, Hollywood Bowl Food + Wine provides catering at several locations for groups both large and small.
Favorite stops are the Burrito Kiosk offering three seasonal selections, hand-crafted pizzas made with custom dough from Larder Baking Company, and four new three-course picnic boxes, including The All-American with Suzanne’s fried chicken with buttermilk dressing. The summer ‘Supper in Your Seats’ menu introduces three new family-style dinners to be shared: a whole Piri Piri Chicken with french fries; a Baja Seafood Feast with sides and tortillas; and a Surf and Turf for Two featuring a 32 oz tomahawk steak and buttered lobster.
Other menu updates are listed below, and all menus indicate gluten-free (GF), vegetarian (V) and vegan (VG) items.
Supper in Your Seats – Available by pre-order online until 6 p.m. the day before a performance, Supper in Your Seats offers curated three-course dinners or customized meals from à la carte selections delivered right to your box seats.
Menu Highlight: The 101 – arugula, stone fruit, spanish goat cheese, honey, and marcona almonds; a choice of trenne alla puttanesca—bianco’s tomatoes, capers, olives, anchovy, and pecorino or the devil’s chicken with braised leeks, yellow potato, and dijon mustard crumbs; and dessert of ricotta cheesecake with summer strawberries, mint, and graham cracker crust.
Newly available Supper in Your Seats items for 2026 include:
- arugula, stone fruit, spanish goat cheese, honey, and marcona almonds
- heirloom tomato salad with piquillo peppers, chickpeas, zamorano, and paprika vinaigrette
- beer-steamed shrimp with cocktail sauce and lemon
- charcuterie and artisanal cheese with olives, dried fruit, and grilled sourdough
- trenne alla puttanesca—bianco’s tomatoes, capers, olives, anchovy, and pecorino
- summer squash gratin with green rice, oaxacan cheese, cumin cream, and pepitas
- slow-roasted salmon sayadieh with spiced rice, tahini, preserved lemon, and pine nuts
- the devil’s chicken with braised leeks, yellow potato, and dijon mustard crumbs
- grilled beef tenderloin with potato-mahon gratin, broccoli, and calabrian chile-olive salsa
- Family-Style piri piri Chicken for two – a whole herb-roasted petaluma chicken with french fried and arugula salad; marinated chickpeas, peppers and olives; sliced lomo and chorizo; marcona almonds and grilled bolillo, including olive cake with cherries and candied citrus zest for dessert.
- Family-Style Baja Seafood Feast for two – grilled chile-marinated seabass and mojo prawns served with green rice, ranchero beans, grilled vegetables and tortillas. Dessert is a brand new Magpies soft-serve ice cream pie with coconut ice cream, mango and lime sorbets and a sprinkle of tajin.
Ann’s Wine Bar by A.O.C. – Showcasing a wine list personally curated by Caroline Styne, Los Angeles’ favorite wine bar comes to life at the Hollywood Bowl with a wine-friendly menu of artisanal cheese and charcuterie, farmers plates, grilled flatbreads, market-fresh salads, and A.O.C.-style fish and meats. There are also craft brews and farmers market-driven cocktails made with soju and other wine-based liquors.
In addition to Wine Bar favorites like Suzanne’s Spanish Fried Chicken with chili-cumin butter, newly available items for 2026 from Ann’s Wine Bar by A.O.C. include:
- focaccia of roasted tomatoes, spanish chorizo, jalapeno & mahon cheese
- fattoush salad with cucumber, tomato, sumac, fried pita & crumbled feta
- stone fruit & arugula with triple crème toasts, marconas & arbol honey
- green quinoa dumplings with sugar snap peas, tomato sauce & sumac yogurt
- spanish fried chicken chili-cumin butter & romesco aioli
- market fish with potato-tomato gratin, wild herbs & rouille
- mustard lamb chops with shell beans, swiss chard & chanterelle Persillade
- hanger steak with arugula, calabrian chili butter & breadcrumbs
the backyard – The al fresco dining area, adjacent to the amphitheater, is flanked by two large wood-burning grills and offers an updated seasonal market-driven menu of summer salads and starters, in addition to the wood-grilled selection of fresh fish, seafood, organic chicken, chops and steaks.
Newly available items from the backyard this season include:
- hamachi aquachile with ginger, avocado, fresnos, stone fruit and puffed black rice
- backyard caesar verde with romaine, cotija, grilled corn and toasted pepitas
- heirloom tomatoes with piquillos, chickpeas, provolone and focaccia croutons
- cheese and charcuterie board – two cheese, prosciutto, salumi and grilled toast
- summer vegetable skewer muhammara with chickpea purée and sumac yogurt
- mexican sea bass with marinated eggplant and peppers, cherry tomatoes and basil
- chicken breast niçoise with haricots verts, potato, tomato, arugula, egg and tapenade
- country-style pork chop with chorizo-cornbread stuffing, dandelion and glazed local cherries
- rib eye steak with huitlacoche pudding, wild mushrooms, roasted shallots and salsa macha
Picnic Boxes – All four of Suzanne Goin’s complete picnic boxes can be pre-ordered a day before a concert and picked up at the Plaza Marketplace or delivered to your box seats.
Menu Highlight: The All-American – fried chicken with buttermilk dressing, coleslaw with apples and kale, summer corn succotash salad, cornbread with honey butter and cousin debbie’s carrot cake.
Kitchen 22 – Made-to-order beef and veggie burgers, Suzanne’s Spanish fried chicken, and grilled Comté cheese on Larder sourdough anchor the Hollywood Bowl’s tribute to classic American fare.
Menu Highlight: Big and Juicy Burgers
Marketplaces – Three Marketplace locations – Plaza, East and West – Plaza, East and West – specialize in premium “grab-and-go” items allowing guest to build an entire picnic or even just grab a quick snack. Selections include premium sushi from Seaweed in Glendale, plus plated charcuterie and cheese boards, salads, sandwiches and other hot foods. The markets also feature a selection of artisanal cheeses and accompaniments for those who want to create a larger meal. All of the Marketplaces have a wide array of sweets and candy, baked goods and frozen treats, including Magpie’s Soft Serve Pies and Curated Soft Serve Cups featuring Sweet Cream with Oreo pieces; Malted Milk Chocolate with cookie crumble and fudge; and Roasted Strawberry with strawberry sauce and strawberry crumble.
Lucques at the Circle – This is a full-service dining experience for Pool Circle subscribers, showcasing a seasonal made-to-order menu and exceptional wine list styled from the award-winning cuisine of Lucques.
Newly available items for Lucques at the Circle in 2026 include:
- chilled red pepper soup with tahini and quinoa tabouleh
- shrimp aguachile with coconut, sweet corn, cilantro and fresno chile
- ossetra royal caviar served with traditional accompaniments – 2oz or 4oz (supplement)
- pasta à la norma with eggplant, munak tomatoes, mozzarella and ricotta salata
- grilled halibut with manila clams, corn chowder, potato and smoked bacon
- buttered lobster roll on a toasted bun with olive oil chips and green apple-fennel slaw (supplement)
- grilled rib eye steak frites with arugula salad, caramelized shallots and béarnaise (supplement)
Street Food and Snacks – Authentic street foods can be found throughout the grounds of the Hollywood Bowl, including Suzanne’s fried chicken, hand-crafted burritos (also a vegan option), artisanal pizzas featuring Larder Baking Company dough, pulled pork BBQ sandwiches, epicurean vegan hot dogs and beverages. The Sweet Shop offers signature desserts, cookies and brownies, coffee and ice cream. Visitors will also discover L.A.’s Magpies where they make soft serve the way chefs do—with real ingredients, careful technique, and nostalgic flavors. Magpie’s chef-driven soft serve and pies are perfect for warm summer nights at the Hollywood Bowl.
Hillside Bar – A premium bar with wine, beer, soft drinks and snacks.
