Seems like only yesterday that we were installing the hood for the kitchen, hammers pounding nails into drywall and saws ripping plywood. The hotel construction dust, trips to Chula Vista for the so-called “knock-off” tiffany style lamps, which are really from Morocco, menu revision after revision, banquet menu’s up the wazoo, daily lunch at the [...]
Monday, November 30, 2009
Cyber Monday I think they call it, for chefs it’s the day of reckoning. Turkey 4 days after the holiday? C’mon now…Opening the restaurant at 5 am this morning I “found” a couple of pieces of turkey breast, a cup or so of gravy and wondered what I could whip up with it in about [...]
Thursday, November 26, 2009
When the days are long and blend seamlessly into night is when I think back to times long ago. This evening, on the edge of the holiday season I looked back to Lark Creek Inn, where I worked when I was a noob…yes, I was there at one time.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
June in San Diego is…well June. A thing we all call “June Gloom” seems to settle in and makes this city, for the better part of the month resemble San Francisco in summertime, minus the chilly wind howling off the bay. Now this is not necessarily a bad thing, but everyone here (including myself) seems [...]
Monday, May 25, 2009
The Glass Door restaurant was the Critic’s pick for Best Breakfast in San Diego! I cannot tell everyone how happy that makes me as a chef and my staff that David Nelson picked us over the hundreds of other restaurants that serve breakfast. David Nelson picks the Glass Door as best breakfast in San Diego! [...]
Sunday, May 17, 2009
So we, well the Glass Door which on this day included my GM, Greg Keebler and myself were proud and honored to represent the restaurant on San Diego’s local Fox affiliate, Fox 5. They just started a great program for restaurants called “Be our guests”. Basically, we (Glass Door) offer a 100 USD gift certificate [...]
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Sunday’s…what would I ever do without them. Last night we were very busy in the restaurant. A party of 35 in the dining room (it seats 80 total) and our first non-holiday event on our rooftop kept the kitchen and FOH staff busy for most of the night. A 14+ hour day, and sleeping at [...]
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