2011 James Beard Foundation Awards Restaurant + Chef Award Semifinalists
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2011 James Beard Foundation awards RestauRant + Chef awaRd semifinalists BEST NEW RESTAURANT Piccolo, Minneapolis ABC Kitchen, NYC Prospect, San Francisco A-Frame, Los Angeles Recette, NYC Amis, Philadelphia The Refinery, Tampa, FL Bar Agricole, San Francisco Salt of the Earth, Pittsburgh Barbuzzo, Philadelphia Shepherd’s Pie, Rockport, ME Baru 66, Windsor Heights, IA Staple & Fancy Mercantile, Seattle Benu, San Francisco Star Noodle, Lahaina, HI Bootsie’s Heritage Cafe, Tomball, TX Sugarcane Raw Bar Grill, Miami China Poblano at the Cosmopolitan, Las Vegas Torrisi Italian Specialties, NYC ChoLon, Denver Uchiko, Austin, TX Commonwealth, San Francisco Waterloo & City, Culver City, CA Community Table, Washington, CT Cook & Brown Public House, Providence OUTSTANDING CHEF Elise Coastal Dining, Pensacola, FL José Andrés, minibar by José Andrés, Washington, D.C. Estadio, Washington, D.C. Ben Barker, Magnolia Grill, Durham, NC Girl & the Goat, Chicago Gary Danko, Restaurant Gary Danko, San Francisco Husk, Charleston, SC Robert Del Grande, RDG + Bar Annie, Houston Kushi Izakaya & Sushi, Washington, D.C. Jose Garces, Amada, Philadelphia Menton, Boston Suzanne Goin, Lucques, Los Angeles Mondo, New Orleans Sam Hayward, Fore Street, Portland, ME Nobuo at Teeter House, Phoenix Paul Kahan, Blackbird, Chicago Melissa Kelly, Primo, Rockland, ME Mindy Segal, Mindy’s HotChocolate Restaurant and Donald Link, Herbsaint, New Orleans Dessert Bar, Chicago Tony Mantuano, Spiaggia, Chicago Philip Speer, Uchi, Austin, TX Michael Mina, Michael Mina, San Francisco Erin Stafford, Barbuzzo, Philadelphia Charles Phan, The Slanted Door, San Francisco Cynthia Wong, Cakes & Ale, Decatur, GA Stephan Pyles, Stephan Pyles, Dallas Holly Smith, Cafe Juanita, Kirkland, WA OUTSTANDING RESTAURANT Frank Stitt, Highlands Bar and Grill, Birmingham, AL Blue Hill, NYC Michael Symon, Lola, Cleveland Boulevard, San Francisco Jerry Traunfeld, Poppy, Seattle Cafe Juanita, Kirkland, WA Marc Vetri, Vetri, Philadelphia Eleven Madison Park, NYC Janos Wilder, Downtown Kitchen + Cocktails, Fore Street, Portland, ME Tucson, AZ Herbsaint, New Orleans Higgins Restaurant and Bar, Portland, OR OUTSTANDING PASTRY CHEF Highlands Bar and Grill, Birmingham, AL Beth Biundo, Lilette, New Orleans La Belle Vie, Minneapolis Joanne Chang, Flour Bakery + Café, Boston Lola, Cleveland Melissa Chou, Aziza, San Francisco Magnolia Grill, Durham, NC Patrick Fahy, Blackbird, Chicago The Mansion Restaurant at Rosewood Mansion on Ken Forkish, Ken’s Artisan Bakery, Portland, OR Turtle Creek, Dallas Michelle Gayer, Salty Tart Bakery, Minneapolis Mélisse, Santa Monica, CA Carla Gonçalves, KOO ZEE DOO, Philadelphia Palena, Washington, D.C. Huw Griffiths, Tabard Inn, Washington, D.C. Picasso at Bellagio, Las Vegas Maura Kilpatrick, Oleana, Cambridge, MA The Slanted Door, San Francisco Yasmin Lozada-Hissom, Olivéa, Denver Spiaggia, Chicago Shuna Lydon, Peels, NYC Tru, Chicago Cheryl Maffei and Jonathan Stevens, Hungry Ghost Bread, Vetri, Philadelphia Northampton, MA Vincent on Camelback, Phoenix Lauren Mitterer, WildFlour Pastry, Charleston, SC Dahlia Narvaez, Osteria Mozza, Los Angeles Angela Pinkerton, Eleven Madison Park, NYC Aaron Russell, Restaurant Eugene, Atlanta OUTSTANDING RESTAURATEUR Richard Melman, Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Chicago (Cafe Ba-Ba-Reeba!, Eiffel Tower, Everest, L2O, Mon Ashok Bajaj, Knightsbridge Restaurant Group, Washington, Ami Gabi, Shaw’s Crab House, Tru, Wow Bao, and others) D.C. (701, Ardeo + Bardeo, Bibiana, The Bombay Club, The Oval Room, and Rasika) Nick Pihakis, Jim ‘N Nick’s Bar-B-Q, Birmingham, AL (various locations) Tom Baron, big Burrito Restaurant Group, Pittsburgh (Casbah, Eleven, Kaya, Mad Mex, Soba, and Umi) Richard Sandoval, Richard Sandoval Restaurants, NYC (Isla, Ketsi, La Biblioteca, La Biblioteca de Tequila, La Hacienda at Roger Berkowitz, Legal Sea Foods, Boston (various locations) the Fairmont Scottsdale, La Sandía, Maya, Pampano, Sandoval’s Frank Bonanno, Bonanno Concepts, Denver (Bones, Green Kitchen, Tamayo, Venga Venga, and Zengo) Russell, Luca D’Italia, Lou’s Food Bar, Mizuna, Osteria Marco, Stephen Starr, Starr Restaurants, Philadelphia (Alma de Cuba, and Wednesday’s Pie) Barclay Prime, Buddakan, Butcher and Singer, The Continental, Bruce Bromberg and Eric Bromberg, Blue Ribbon The Continental Mid-town, The Dandelion, El Rey, El Vez, Restaurants, NYC Granite Hill at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Jones, Makota, Myles Chefetz, Myles Restaurant Group, Miami Beach, FL (Big Morimoto, Parc, Pizzeria Stella, Pod, and Steak 954) Pink, Prime Italian, Prime One Twelve, Shoji Sushi, and Nemo) Phil Suarez, Suarez Restaurant Group, NYC (ABC Kitchen, Michael Cordúa, Cordúa Restaurants, Houston (Amazón Grill, Chambers Kitchen, Gigino Trattoria, J&G Steakhouse, Jean Américas, Artista, and Churrascos) Georges, Lucy, Matsugen, Mercer Kitchen, Perry Street, Prime Steakhouse, Spice Market, and others) Larry D’Amico and Richard D’Amico, D’Amico & Partners, Minneapolis (Café & Bar Lurcat, Campiello, D’Amico Kitchen, Bill White, Bill White Enterprises, Park City, UT (Chimayo, D’Amico & Sons, Masa, and Parma 8200) Ghidotti’s, Grappa, Wahso, Windy Ridge Bakery, and Windy Ridge Café) Tom Douglas, Tom Douglas Restaurants, Seattle (Dahlia Bak- ery, Dahlia Lounge, Etta’s, Lola, Palace Kitchen, Seatown Seabar & Rotisserie, and Serious Pie) OUTSTANDING SERVICE Steve Ells, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (various locations) Blantyre, Lenox, MA Sam Fox, Fox Restaurant Concepts, Scottsdale, AZ (The Ar- Brigtsen’s, New Orleans rogant Butcher, Blanco, Bloom, Culinary Dropout, The Greene Canlis, Seattle House, Modern Steak, Montana Avenue, NoRTH, Olive & Ivy, Sauce, True Food Kitchen, Wildflower, and Zinburger) Charleston, Baltimore Scott Harris, Chicago (Davanti Enoteca, DiSotto Enoteca, Charleston Grill at Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, SC Dough Boys, Fat Rosie’s, Francesca’s, Osteria Ottimo, Purple The Compound, Santa Fe Pig, and Salatino’s) Emeril’s, New Orleans Mike Klank and Eddie Hernandez, Taqueria del Sol, Atlanta The French Room at the Adolphus Hotel, Dallas Pat Kuleto, Pat Kuleto Restaurant Development & La Belle Vie, Minneapolis Management Company, San Francisco (Boulevard, Epic La Grenouille, NYC Roasthouse, Farallon, Jardinière, Martini House, Nick’s Cove, and Waterbar) Lacroix at the Rittenhouse Hotel, Philadelphia Les Nomades, Chicago OUTSTANDING WINE AND L’Espalier, Boston SPIRITS PROFESSIONAL Marcel’s, Washington, D.C. Tito Beveridge, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Austin, TX Michael Mina, San Francisco Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Milton, DE Per Se, NYC Ron Cooper, Del Maguey Single Village Mezcal, Ranchos de Providence, Los Angeles Taos, NM Restaurant Eve, Alexandria, VA Merry Edwards, Merry Edwards Winery, Sebastopol, CA Topolobampo, Chicago Alex Golitzin, Quilceda Creek Vintners, Snohomish, WA Vetri, Philadelphia Paul Grieco, Hearth and Terroir, NYC Bobby Heugel, Anvil Bar & Refuge, Houston OUTSTANDING WINE SERVICE David Hirsch, Hirsch Vineyards, Cazadero, CA A16, San Francisco, Shelley Lindgren Charles Joly, The Drawing Room, Chicago Annie Gunn’s, Chesterfield, MO, Glenn Bardgett Ted Lemon, Littorai Wines, Sebastopol, CA Avenues at the Peninsula, Chicago, Michael Muser Steve McCarthy, Clear Creek Distillery, Portland, OR The Biltmore, Coral Gables, FL, Yvonne Roberts Garrett Oliver, Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn, NY Blackberry Farm, Walland, TN, Andy Chabot Rajat Parr, Mina Group, San Francisco Café on the Green at Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas Julie Reiner, Clover Club and Flatiron Lounge, NYC at Las Colinas, Irving, TX, James Tidwell Neal Rosenthal, Rosenthal Wine Merchant, Shekomeko, NY Canlis, Seattle, Nelson Daquip Jorg Rupf, St. George Spirits, Alameda, CA Charleston, Baltimore, Tony Foreman Eric Solomon, European Cellars, Charlotte, NC Emeril’s, New Orleans, Ray Gumpert Todd Thrasher, Restaurant Eve, Alexandria, VA Five and Ten, Athens, GA, Steven Grubbs Julian Van Winkle III, Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery, Frasca Food and Wine, Boulder, CO, Bobby Stuckey Louisville, KY Hatfield’s, Los Angeles, Peter Birmingham David Wondrich, NYC The Modern, NYC, Belinda Chang Patina, Los Angeles, Silvestre Fernandes RISING STAR CHEF OF THE YEAR Picasso at Bellagio, Las Vegas, Robert Smith Justin Aprahamian, Sanford, Milwaukee Savona, Gulph Mills, PA, Melissa Monosoff Andrew Ashmore, The Greene House, Scottsdale, AZ La Toque, Napa, CA, Ken Frank and Scott Tracy Benjamin Bailly, Fraîche, Culver City, CA Tarbell’s, Phoenix, Mark Tarbell Sean Baker, Gather, Berkeley, CA Tria, Philadelphia, Michael McCaulley Clayton Chapman, The Grey Plume, Omaha, NE Troquet, Boston, Chris Campbell Sean Ehland, Kaya, Pittsburgh Eric Gabrynowicz, Restaurant North, Armonk, NY Kevin Gillespie, Woodfire Grill, Atlanta Michael Carlson, Schwa, Chicago Will Gilson, Garden at the Cellar, Cambridge, MA Craig Common, The Common Grill, Chelsea, MI Sam Gorenstein, BLT Steak at the Betsy Hotel, Curtis Duffy, Avenues at the Peninsula, Chicago Miami Beach, FL Dirk Flanigan, Henri, Chicago Perry Hoffman, étoile Restaurant at Domaine Chandon, David Gilbert, Forest Grill, Birmingham, MI Yountville, CA Anne Kearney, Rue Dumaine, Dayton, OH Casey Lane, The Tasting Kitchen, Venice, CA Dale Levitski, Sprout, Chicago Greg LaPrad, Quiessence, Phoenix Regina Mehallick, R bistro, Indianapolis Matt Lightner, Castagna, Portland, OR Chris Nugent, Les Nomades, Chicago Aaron London, Ubuntu, Napa, CA Steven J. Oakley, Oakleys bistro, Indianapolis Anthony Martin, Tru, Chicago Kent Rigsby, Rigsby’s Kitchen,