Jerry Greenberg on 10 years of HiHo Cheeseburger, plus Sugarfish, Uovo, Matu, Plus Talk about Max & Helen's

Naked Lunch

Straw Hut Media

Tv & Film, Society & Culture, Arts

4.8 • 889 Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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To celebrate the 10th Anniversary of HiHo Cheeseburger, restaurant powerhouse Jerry Greenberg brings a delicious burger lunch to "Naked Lunch" for his friends Phil and David and discusses how this successful tech genius -- as the co-founder and co-CEO of Sapient -- has gone on to become an important and passionate powerhouse in the restaurant world today, working successfully with various partners, creating a series of remarkable and enduringly delicious success stories starting with Sugarfish by Sushi Nozawa. Plus, some fun talk about the opening of Phil's diner, "Max & Helen's" in Larchmont! To find out more about HiHo Cheeseburger, made with 100% Grass-Fed Wagyu Beef, click here. To learn more about building community through food and "Somebody Feed the People," visit the Philanthropy page at philrosenthalworld.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.3	Welcome to Naked Lunch, everybody.
0:44.0	Today's guest is Jerry Greenberg, the restaurant powerhouse here to celebrate the 10th anniversary of one of the best burgers in L.A., Hi-Ho Cheeseburger.
0:56.7	Also, you guys, don't forget that the Everybody Loves Raymond 30th anniversary reunion airs November 24th on CBS and will also stream on Paramount Plus.
0:58.6	Let's get started.
1:14.3	Let's spill the beans, chew the fat, food for thought and jokes on tap talking with our mouths full having fun piece of cake and humble pie serving up a slice alive leave the dressing on the side
1:24.4	it's naked lunch clothing option all right we're here with jerry greenberg
1:31.9	the great restaurant tour if you've been to matto steak if you've been to wovo sugarfish
1:39.4	you might have heard of uh and now hi-ers, which is celebrating how many years?
1:46.9	Ten years. Ten years. Literally ten years right now. Can you believe that? I can't. And Sugarfish
1:52.9	was the first. So how old is that? 17. Wow. I feel so old because, you know. It's crazy.
2:00.4	You and I go back to Nazawa days, but Sugarfish. I feel so old because, you know. It's crazy.
2:00.8	You and I go back to Nazawa days, but Sugarfish, of course, is the casual version of
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