Andrew Zimmern writes that within 48 hours of D’Amico Cucina closing, it’s announced that D’Amico is taking over the food service at the Chambers Hotel.
Skimming the cream of local food news
A fairly amazing-sounding Better Beer Society brown bag series event at Butcher & the Boar, some revised menus at local restaurants, a local foodie’s epic Mother’s Day feast, tasting notes for Summit Pilsner and Steel Toe’s Provider, the Star Tribune’s Taste 50, and a new urban farm in Minneapolis.
The latest from Twitter: @Labellevie_mn gets a Zagat mention (along with 112 Eatery, Vincent, Alma, and Bar La Grassa), @andrewzimmern eats something like a Treatzza Pizza at El Taller in Tijuana, and @weeklydish is excited for new, more flexible parking requirements for restaurants in St. Paul.
The latest from Twitter: @ZenBoxIzakaya watches some goofy robots make ramen, @PizzeriaLola is searching for a new server, and @TravailKitchen is closed for the day for a private event.
Some Minnesota cities are considering getting out of the liquor business, a profile of Dean Vlahos (the restaurateur who Tom Petters helped put into bankruptcy), Mark Stutrud talks about Summit’s Saga IPA (here’s our recent tasting panel), Minnesota Monthly tackles urban farming, check out this crazy biscuit I made (recipe here), a preview of The Left Handed Cook, love for Brasa, a mostly rave review for Mona, Iggers on Butcher & the Boar, and three good local mint juleps (I’m personally a huge fan of the HauteDish version). Plus: Evan from the Well Fed Guide to Life podcast nearly chokes to death on some sourdough bread at Sun Street.
wow, I didn’t see that coming.
D’Amicos takes over the Chambers kitchen. Best chef in the world replaced by airplane food. Join my facebook group “Foodies against D’Amicos” @ http://www.facebook.com/group......038;ref=nf
Airplane Food? Airplane Food?
Join my Facebook group, “Foodies against the over-opinionated and ill-informed.” The best chef in the world needs to occasionally visit his restaurant if it’s going to be the best restaurant in the world.
Airplane food, indeed. I don’t think you really know what you are talking about. Have you been on an airplane recently? If you are lucky enough to get food, it is a microwaved hamburger in plastic wrap. How can you possibly compare that to the amazing food that was coming out of the kitchen at Cucina?! I admit I never went to Chambers, so I cannot compare between the two. And I was, admittedly, an employee at Cucina, but having gone to many of the restaurants that have opened in the Twin Cities in the past few years, NONE of them have compared to the quality at D’Amico Cucina. It may have been one of the most expensive restaurants in the cities, but I’ve been to others just as pricey where I was not impressed at all with what I was served. I, for one, am looking forward to seeing what D’Amico does with the Chambers space. Judging by the number of loyal customers who flocked to see us in the last weeks we were open, and knowing Occhiato’s work, I think it will be a success.
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