Dolores Rivellino Walsh, better known as the Godmother of Malibu, died Sunday, July 22. The former New Yorker—turned Malibu restaurateur and caterer—had just turned 83. Rivellino Walsh operated The Godmother restaurant at the Malibu Racquet Club for decades and catered hundreds of events for Malibu notables. She sold the restaurant in recent years, but was still a presence around town and known and loved by many who her appreciated her gregarious personality and bright red lipstick.
Posts on social media sites called her a “Malibu legend.” She was known for saying, “Eat like you give a damn.”
Rivellino Walsh was the author of “The Malibu Cookbook.”