Mico Rodriguez is Out of the Screen Door
That is what Teresa is Twittering. Chef David McMillan is still in the kitchen. Will Robert Columbo step in? Developing.

New Chef Announced at Oceanaire Seafood Room in Dallas
Welcome new execuchef Aaron Valimont to The Oceanaire Seafood Room in Dallas. His resume: Chef Valimont began his culinary career in Tacoma at The Lobster Shop, later working under Executive Chef Will MacNamara at Seattle’s Washington Athletic Club before taking his knives to the TPC Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club.  He then trained under Food and Wine “Best New Chef” Gordon Naccarato, opening The Pacific Grill in Seattle first as Sous Chef and ultimately being promoted to Pacific Grill’s Executive Chef. His quote: “Each day is a culinary adventure as we create our menu with the fresh seafood the market provi

Dining Trends for 2010: A Sarcastic Look at a Silly Report. “Zing” is in and WTF is Mood Food.
Each year, Joseph Baum & Michael Whiteman Co., a big-time restaurant consulting group in New York, releases their lists of foreseeable trends. It’s a fancy report that is meant to read like a technical survey, but, to me, it’s basically a round-up of what is going on now and a “prediction” that current big-city trends will spread. In sho

Restaurant Review: Park Restaurant on Henderson Avenue in Dallas
Marc’s famous mussels by Kevin Hunter Marple. Are you crazy about chef Marc Cassel’s mussels? Do you love Spam on your pizza? Is bocce a cheese, a font, or a game? Extra, extra, read all about it.

Teresa Gubbins Closes Another Restaurant
This time it is Papou’s Greek Kitchen. The Teegster reports that Papou’s Greek Kitchen and Taverna, Pete Zotos’ Greek restaurant that shared a building with Legal Grounds in Lakewood, has “left the building.” Zotos encourages his loyal customers to visit his other spot, St. Pete’s Dancing Marlin, where he has added chicken-fried tuna to the menu.