This just in:
Effective two weeks ago, David Werly — the chef responsible for Le Cirque gaining a Michelin star — has left the Maccioni empire for a position in Miami (Florida, not Oklahoma).
Effective today, Gregory Gorreau — Executive Chef at Payard Patisserie and Bistro, and one of our favorite dudes in food — has left Las Vegas to return to France to be closer to his family.
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ELV note: One of the great thing about blogs is you can instantly correct or revise them. In traditional media, once words are spoken or printed, making corrections or apologies can take forever, if they happen at all. Or, as we like to say around the ELV offices, it’s pretty hard to unring a bell. But we’ve thought long and hard about our withering critique of this joint, and decided a revision and a…er…uh….apology (of sorts) was in order. So scroll down to the end of the review for a conclusion that brings a bit more perspective to the party.
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In 1983, about a year after it opened in the Barbary Coast, we had our first meal at Michael’s. Three weeks ago, in the South Coast, we had our last. In between we’ve endured three other evenings amidst the fake pomp and stupid circumstance of this place, and will…ahem… share them with you now.
Continue reading “MICHAEL’S – They Shoot Horses Don’t They? (Revised)”
Dateline: Town Square Mall (that is neither square, nor in any town)
Effective two weeks ago, Brian Howard, chef extraordinaire, has left Nu Sanctuary.
Also gone is front of the house G.M. John Anthony.
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