THE BEARDIES! The 2011 James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Award semifinalists
have been announced. Michael Klein
rounds up the Philadelphia-area nominees (
KZD!), and Bravo notes that
there are five Top Chef alums, including Yukon Cornelius, in the running.
Woohoo!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to Girl & the Goat in June and can't wait.
I need to get around to that myself. Have any of our Chicago contigent made it there yet?
ReplyDeleteWe made it to G&tG last November and it was fantastic. Thought it was going to be VERY heavy on the pork/beef products, but we had an octopus dish (IIRC) that blew us away, as well as Pig Face (yes, pig face) that was the most tender thing I'd ever eaten. As I always recommend with restaurants, trust your servers. It's small plates, and they guided the 3 of us to mix and match across the different sizes of plates. Of note, get the homemade bread - we wanted to order all 3 options, but were tamed into ordering one amazing one. The restaurant itself was a warm, friendly experience - be prepared to wait (even with 9:30 reservations) but the bar serves food and has an outstanding selection of beer/wine/specialty drinks. Can't wait to hear everyone's impressions, I'm surprised that I'm the first to report back!
ReplyDelete(Full Disclosure: Steph Izard and I were sorority sisters/friends at UofM, but we had no special treatment that night.)
Thank you, Betsy!
ReplyDeleteI have not gotten around to it, but really need to get on it. My fiancee's brother in from Seattle like two months after it opened got around to it his first day, and his reviews were glowing!
ReplyDeleteHa! The nominee from Athens for Wine Service was my waiter last time I ate at 5&10. We had a very interesting conversation about his wrist tattoo.
ReplyDeleteHave been twice, both times fanastic. Definitely trust the servers. Everything I've had has been great.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone in Chicago been to Sprout?
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