Last weekend we were happy to take part in the Harvest Festival, as part of a year-long 90th Anniversary celebration for the historic San Antonio Winery, a place much loved by LAist. The gracious Riboli family hosted the event, which was held at the winery, which has been in its same location on Lamar Street in East Los Angeles since 1917. There was food provided by the winery's onsite Maddalena restaurant, and wine aplenty......

A few miles northeast of City Hall, tucked in an triangle bordered by the 110, the 5 and the 101 freeways is one of Los Angeles' secret gems, the San Antonio Winery. Instead of Italian immigrants, warehouses and trucking lots now dominate this unprepossessing little slice of industrial Los Angeles. And in the midst of it the San Antonio Winery stands as the last remnant of a little known and largely forgotten aspect of Los......

Many folks might not know that located within an industrial section of downtown LA sits the San Antonio Winery -- a working winery since 1917. And even fewer people may know that the winery houses a pretty really good eatery, Maddalena Restaurant, within its walls. The restaurant is part school cafeteria and part semi-fine-dining -- and it's these kinds of quirks that make ventures to Maddalena so appealing. First, diners must walk through the......

NOVEMBER 11-13 This weekend is the Fall Culinary weekend at the Hotel Bel-Air. Anthony Dias Blue (of Blue Lifestyle) and winemaker Michele Chiarlo will be on hand to ensure their Italian-themed weekend is has the very best in food and wine. The weekend is broken down into four events: The Italian Dinner with Blue & Chiarlo, Friday at 6:30, $95 a person; A "Culinary Experience" with Blue, Saturday, $55 per person; The Great Wines......