Hidden folks truffle7/10/2023 ![]() ![]() There are no cooks or future cooks among them, he noted. Greeley has two sons and eight grandchildren. He went to Estancia High School and Orange Coast College but got sucked into the restaurant world and never turned back. Greeley, born at Hoag Hospital and raised in Costa Mesa, where he still lives, originally studied engineering. There was also the time Greeley cooked for Steven Spielberg’s 50th birthday party. “That was before the accountants got ’em,” he added. ![]() They love his meat pies and, in the good ol’ rocker days, he joked, “They’d spend about $20,000 in gas to pick up $200 in meat pies.” presidents he’s served and the Segerstrom family of South Coast Plaza notoriety - is Elton John and his band. “I had dishwashers working and wearing mink coats,” Greeley said with a laugh.Ĭatering still takes up a large chunk of Golden Truffle’s business, about 70%, Greeley said.Īmong the luminaries in Greeley’s fan base - aside from, perhaps, the four U.S. Without a coat rack, Greeley stuffed them in the back. In an interview, Greeley recalled how high-class folks initially had nowhere to put their hats or coats once seated. It started out as, primarily, a catering business with a deli-like front. The Golden Truffle opened in 1980 at 1767 Newport Blvd. Greeley has been letting his customers in on the news recently in the form of distributed papers explaining his future plan: “I am opening a church in Utah with a full-service liquor license, which is strictly for medicinal purposes.” ![]() He isn’t sure of the exact timing yet.Īs for why, in a recent interview Greeley said he’s sick of the hassles of running a business - the tax man, lawyers, health inspectors and all. The boisterously outspoken 64-year-old Costa Mesa resident is closing the Golden Truffle this summer, possibly in August. Greeley still does what he wants at his “accidental restaurant” noteworthy for its ever-changing menu.īut, after nearly four decades, what he wants now is to be done with it. It’s been 37 years since Alan Greeley first opened the doors of the Golden Truffle in Costa Mesa that, according to a 1988 Los Angeles Times reviewer, is “an eccentric restaurant with an eclectic menu that defies rhythm or logic.” ![]()
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