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D’Amico Taking Over at Walker
A source at the restaurant 20.21 tells us that D’Amico will be taking control of food service at the Walker Art Center within the next month; 20.21 will close after a run of more than five years. (From the archives: We dined and talked with Chefs Wolfgang Puck and Asher Miller.) UPDATE: Final dinner service […]
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June 22 Morning Roundup
Rachel previews D’Amico’s Parma 8200, a 100-year-old cheese plant gets a new lease on life in Wisconsin, Bill Roehl is blown away by Fogo de Chao, can we please have a moratorium on “what happens in X stays in X” headlines, Simple Good and Tasty is going national, behold the 128 Cafe food truck, and […]
More2010 Beard Semifinalists
The 2010 James Beard Foundation Award semifinalists are out — gaze upon the glory. For Best Chef: Midwest, some very solid names: Alex Roberts. Isaac Becker. Vincent Francoual. Stewart Woodman. Lenny Russo. Mike Phillips. And (new to me) Hakan Lundberg of Cosmos. D’Amico gets a shot at Outstanding Restaurateur, Bar La Grassa for Best New […]
MoreDecember 16 Morning Roundup
The North Shore is apparently hurting for Jewish soul food (on the flip side: a locally produced hanukkah menu), D’Amico’s rolling out a big new Italian concept restaurant in Bloomington in 2010, Stephanie March reports on Subo, Rachel honors her sweet tooth and gets out to Sugar Sugar and Sweets Bakeshop, a lukewarm-to-hostile blogger review […]
MoreNovember 19 Tweet Rodeo
Tasty sandwich or ailment-inducing nosh? @ZacharyCohen links to a brief rumination on the versatility of tuna, @LocalDLish has been hard at work on their website and wants you to check it out, @MetroMixTC wants you to save Thanksgiving Eve for “turkey bowling” at the Chambers / D’Amico, @Rick_Bayless tells the ideal temperature for the perfect […]
MoreSeptember 24 Morning Roundup
The Strib diagrams the D’Amico gastronomic family tree, City Pages presents the top five Oktoberfests, the Well Fed Guide to Life hits The Big Ten, a funny meditation on the longevity of an open bottle of wine, the story behind volunteering for the Second Harvest Giving Green food collection effort, Lucia Watson is receiving a […]
MoreChambers Kitchen Last Day: Sunday
Following up from last month’s announcement, a brief chat with staff at Chambers Kitchen this weekend confirmed that the last day they will operate under Jean-George Vongerichten’s name is Sunday, July 19th. With the forthcoming switch to D’Amico, most of the staff has been reinterviewed and they will be closed “for about a month and […]
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