La Isla with Chef Magdalis Galarza
Thu, Sep 17
|St. Paul's Community Church UCC
A celebration of Puerto Rican food and heritage from Chef Magdalis Galarza — the flavors of the island, the traditions of home, and a table set in Cleveland to honor both.
Time & Location
Sep 17, 2026, 6:30 PM – 10:00 PM
St. Paul's Community Church UCC, 4427 Franklin Blvd, Cleveland, OH 44113, USA
About the event
LA ISLA | Thursday, September 17, 2026
Featuring Chef Magdalis Galarza
The food of Puerto Rico did not arrive fully formed. It was built across centuries of encounter, resistance, and survival — Taíno agricultural traditions, African culinary techniques carried through generations, Spanish colonial influence, and the resilience of a people who absorbed all of it and made something distinctly, insistently their own.
La Isla is a dinner that honors that inheritance.
Chef Magdalis Galarza is cooking this evening. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Magdalis began learning to cook at eight years old — in her grandmother's kitchen, at her mother's side, during the festivals and family gatherings that shaped her palate long before she ever entered a professional kitchen. The menu she has built for this evening is rooted in that lineage: slow-cooked meats, sofrito, rice and beans prepared the way they were meant to be, and the flavors…
Tickets
General Admission
Sale ends
Sep 17, 5:05 PM
$105.00
+$2.63 ticket service fee
Total
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