Surly’s New Chef, Grain Stack Closes for the Summer, and More

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Brenda Johnson / Heavy Table

Solera Executive Chef Jorge Guzman is heading over to helm the kitchen at Surly’s new brewery. By banning wooden aging boards, the FDA has dealt what we can only hope won’t be a fatal blow to quality American-made cheese. Grain Stack at the MIA is closing for the summer. This summer’s got-to-have-it food: dry-cured deer heart? And Madison’s Isthmus rips into a too-trendy-for-its-own-good new eatery that doesn’t deliver.