What’s better than dinner and a movie? How about a culinary-related movie with a gourmet three-course prix fixe dinner curated to the film? The SLO Film Center at the Palm Theatre in partnership with Hotel SLO’s amazing steak house, Ox + Anchor, presents Indies + Eats, where the theater will screen a food-related film on Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays, and either before or after, you go next door to the restaurant for an amazing meal created by Chef Ryan Fancher ($78 per meal, with $10 from each dinner supporting the SLO Film Center). Tickets are available online at thepalmtheatre.com, and dinner reservations are recommended at oxandanchor.com.
This week’s film, on Jan. 16, 18, and 19, is Alexander Payne’s brilliantly funny independent smash hit Sideways (2004), about two middle-aged men—Miles (Paul Giamatti) and Jack (Thomas Haden Church)—who embark on a week-long road trip through California’s wine country.
On Jan. 23, 25, and 26, the Palm screens the incredible documentary The Biggest Little Farm (2018), about John and Molly Chester’s work to create a sustainable 200-acre farm outside of Los Angeles. Inspiring and informative!
Finally on Jan. 30, Feb. 1 and 2, see the food documentary The Search for General Tso (2014), that answers the question, who was General Tso and why are we still eating his chicken? Learn the origins of this iconic sweet and spicy Chinese American food. Δ
This article appears in Jan 16-26, 2025.