Dinner and a Comedy Show Starring Chelsea Handler
If you enjoy late-night comedy and are interested in attending a LIVE stand-up show, be sure to catch Chelsea Handler's current tour, "Vaccinated and Horny" - she's performing tonight in Springfield, Massachusetts and tomorrow night in Windsor, Canada just across the Detroit River and the city of Detroit, Michigan. More dates are available on her website at ChelseaHandler.com.
Chelsea is a comedian, television host, author, and one of the most celebrated voices in comedy. I attended her show last night with a group of colleagues at the historic Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York. We also dined at a wonderful restaurant called Rosina's in nearby Greenwich, Connecticut.
Here are some photos from our fun evening. And be sure to check out my podcast with Chelsea Handler! "The Martha Stewart Podcast" launches June 22nd on iHeart Radio. Find it on the iHeartRadio App, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
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- Rosina’s is located in the Byram business district of Greenwich. The restaurant opened in August of last year and focuses on serving classic refined Italian food.
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- Inside is a cozy bar. Some of its popular cocktails include Rosina’s Garibaldi which is made with Campari and fluffy orange juice. Rosina’s beverage director, Juan Meyer, is tending the bar.
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- This is the main dining room – it features more than 60 seats. Owners Jared Falco and Coby Blount named the establishment after Coby’s wife’s grandmother, who lived in the area for more than 75 years and loved to cook.
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- Here I am with Chef Jared and Judy Morris, my longtime special projects producer.
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- We started with warm focaccia loaves. We had to order several because it was so good.
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- The focaccia is served with whipped ricotta cheese, olive oil, and herbs.
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- This is chili honey butter – this was so good on the bread also.
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- Chef Jarod also served some garlic bread made with pecorino and parmesan cheeses and garlic butter.
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- The salad was so fresh. This is arugula with candied hazelnuts, pecorino cheese, and a lemon vinaigrette. We all devoured this salad.
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- Another delicious appetizer – the meatballs. Beef, veal, pork, marinara, and topped with parmesan cheese.
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- We ordered ravioli al’uovo or raviolo with an egg yolk. This one was served with ricotta and a dusting of fresh black truffle.
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- And, this is octopus & potato served with marinara, pimenton, and lemon aioli.
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- For our entrées, we decided to order one of each pasta and share on small plates. This is bucatini cacio e pepe. I love bucatini pasta. Bucatini, also known as perciatelli, is a thick spaghetti-like pasta with a hole running through the center of each strand.
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- This is cavatelli with sweet sausage, broccolini, bianco sardo, and chilis.
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- Another flavorful dish was the pappardelle bolognese with parmesan and pecorino cheeses.
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- And this is called ink malloreddus with shrimp, Calabrian chili, and breadcrumbs. Malloreddus is a type of pasta typical of Sardinian cuisine. It comes in the shape of thin ribbed shells, about two centimeters long, and made of semolina flour and water.
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- We also shared a simple rigatoni with garlic and olive oil.
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- And for dessert, we had affogato or more traditionally known as “affogato al caffe” – an Italian coffee-based dessert made with a scoop of plain milk-flavored or vanilla gelato or ice cream topped or “drowned” with a shot of hot espresso. At Rosina’s affogatos are also sprinkled with nuts.
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- Coby stopped for a quick photo as we were leaving. It was a great meal. I always love supporting my local community and the surrounding towns. I think it is so important that everyone does this wherever they live! I will definitely be back.
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- Then we headed to The Capitol Theater just across the state line and the Byram River in Port Chester. The Capitol Theatre was designed by noted architect, Thomas Lamb, and opened in 1926 as a playhouse.
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- We arrived just in time – seats were filling quickly.
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- The theater has a state-of-the-art lighting system that lights up the walls in bright colors before the show begins.
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- Here’s another shot before the lights dimmed and the announcer asked all guests to refrain from using cameras.
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- And here I am with Chelsea Handler and her boyfriend, Jo Koy, after the show. What a fun and very funny performance. Among the topics Chelsea shared with the audience – being single and childless, her dogs, and how she met Jo. It was personal and brought lots of laughs. Have a great rest of your tour, Chelsea. It was great to see you again. And please be sure to look at her website for coming dates at ChelseaHandler.com – just click on the highlighted link.
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