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Cafe Lurcat Burch 112 Eatery Bar La Grassa Solera La Belle Vie Tilia Scena Spoon and Stable Spoon and Stable Bellecour GAVIN KAYSEN Chambers Goodfellow’s Five Five Heidi’s Lela Cosmos D’Amico SETH BIXBY DAUGHTERY Cosmos Auriga Bachelor Farmer Bachelor Farmer KHANH TRAN PAUL BERGLUND GABRIEL CHARPENTIER STEWART WOODSMAN When D’Amico Cucina opened in 1987, it quickly became the pinnacle of posh. Waves of jazz flooded the space with warmth and sparkle – even the walls seemed to glow. Chefs Jay Sparks and John Occhiato may not be household names, but they were the culinary driving forces behind Cucina for much of its lifetime. JAY SPARKS Love Child BILL SUMMERVILLE ISAAC BECKER JOHN OCCHIATO DOUG FLICKER TIM MCKEE JOSH THOMA Love Today’s Twin Cities’ Dining Scene? Thank D’Amico Cucina. Family Tree Loring Cafe Auriga Piccolo Porter & Frye Esker Grove Loring Cafe Heartland LENNY RUSSO Esker Grove Tiny Diner La Belle Vie T.J. RAWITZER Borough Tenant Borough Tenant Borough Porter & Frye Coup D’ Etat Travail GRISHA HAMMES CAMERON CECCHINI Tilia St. Genevieve Scena Sea Change Auriga Grand Cafe Scena Sea Change Barrio Grand Cafe STEVEN BROWN ERIK ANDERSON JAMIE MALONE TYLER SHIPTON Barrio La Belle Vie Solera Sea Change D’Amico Cucina Monello MIKE DECAMP Sea Change Scena Barrio Grand Cafe JAMIE MALONE Sea Change Scena Auriga Grand Cafe ERIK ANDERSON Solera La Belle Vie NICK RANCONE Corner Table Revival Corner Table Revival THOMAS BOEMER Sea Change Solera Heyday JIM CHRISTENSEN Butcher and the Boar The Lexington JACK RIEBEL Surly Corner Table JORGE GUZMAN TYGE NELSON In Season The Kenwood 510 Groveland DON SAUNDERS La Belle Vie Solera Barrio Smack Shack The Lexington Cosmos D’Amico Cucina The front of house team always ran like a fine-tuned machine, the service was impeccable and the kitchen was renowned for putting out incredible and inventive Italian food. Many talented chefs made their way through the kitchen of D’Amico Cucina during its 22-year run. So many, in fact, that when you look through its “family tree,” you realize it is the nucleus of the modern Twin Cities dining scene. “Back then (in the 1990s), there wasn’t this whole idea of well-known chefs like there is now,” said Tim McKee, now a partner with the Fish Guys. “No one knew who the guys behind the kitchen were.” But today, looking at the roster of chefs who spent time in the kitchen at D’Amico Cucina is looking at a who’s who of the Minneapolis and St. Paul dining scene. McKee started at D’Amico Cucina as a sous chef, his first-ever sous position, and graduated to chef before leaving to open La Belle Vie. Just as McKee was beginning his tenure at Cucina, Doug Flicker was leaving his position there as head chef to open Auriga. “Working at Cucina for me was always above my head,” said Flicker, now executive chef at Esker Grove. “That forced me to dig deep down and push, push, push. There was never any coasting. It was the foundation for how I spent each day after I left.” McKee agrees it was a uniquely influential time and place. “The environment inspired creative, passionate chefs,” he said. “Those chefs, in turn, continued to inspire like-minded chefs. It still goes on to this day.” Mike DeCamp, Jim Christensen, Jack Riebel, Don Saunders, Erik Anderson, Jamie Malone, Jorge Guzman, Steven Brown, Isaac Becker and so many more – if there is a hot restaurant making waves in the Twin Cities today, there is a good chance its chef has a close connection to D’Amico Cucina. 1 2 3 4 5 “During its heyday, walking into Cucina would take you away to some fantastical New York City restaurant packed with well-dressed guests with the sublime jazz of Benny Weinbeck playing in the background,” said Richard D’Amico, the restaurant’s co-owner. 6 7 8 soft scrambled eggs with pickled pigs feet tagliatelle with foie gras meatballs D’Amico Cucina took all the hottest inspiration from both coasts – New York City and Los Angeles – and brought it to Minnesota for the first time. “Everyone wanted to work in that kitchen,” Richard D’Amico reminisced. “It just had a special buzz and that buzz carried over into the kitchen where everyone knew that they were a part of making something special.” wine fish over fire lobster roll Lorem ipsum
Transcript of Love Today’s Twin D’Amico Cucina - Analytics | Payment · BILL SUMMERVILLE ISAAC BECKER JOHN...
Cafe LurcatBurch112 EateryBar La Grassa
SoleraLa Belle VieTiliaScena Spoon and Stable
Spoon and StableBellecour
GAVIN KAYSEN
ChambersGoodfellow’sFive
FiveHeidi’sLela
CosmosD’Amico
SETH BIXBY DAUGHTERY
CosmosAurigaBachelor Farmer
Bachelor Farmer
KHANH TRAN
PAUL BERGLUND
GABRIEL CHARPENTIER
STEWART WOODSMAN
When D’Amico Cucina opened in 1987, it quickly became the pinnacle of posh. Waves of jazz flooded the space with warmth and sparkle – even the walls seemed to glow. Chefs Jay Sparks and John Occhiato may not be household names, but they were the culinary driving forces behind Cucina for much of its lifetime.
JAY SPARKS
Love Child
BILL SUMMERVILLE
ISAAC BECKER
JOHN OCCHIATO
DOUGFLICKER
TIM MCKEE
JOSHTHOMA
Love Today’s Twin Cities’ Dining Scene?
Thank D’Amico Cucina. Family Tree
Loring Cafe Auriga PiccoloPorter & Frye Esker Grove
Loring Cafe Heartland
LENNY RUSSO
Esker GroveTiny DinerLa Belle Vie
T.J. RAWITZER
Borough Tenant
BoroughTenant
BoroughPorter & FryeCoup D’ EtatTravail
GRISHA HAMMES
CAMERON CECCHINI
TiliaSt. Genevieve
ScenaSea ChangeAurigaGrand Cafe
ScenaSea ChangeBarrioGrand Cafe
STEVEN BROWN ERIK ANDERSON JAMIE MALONE
TYLER SHIPTON
Barrio La Belle Vie Solera Sea Change
D’Amico CucinaMonello
MIKE DECAMP Sea ChangeScenaBarrioGrand Cafe
JAMIE MALONE
Sea Change ScenaAurigaGrand Cafe
ERIK ANDERSON
Solera La Belle Vie
NICK RANCONE
Corner TableRevival
Corner TableRevival
THOMAS BOEMER
Sea ChangeSoleraHeyday
JIM CHRISTENSEN
Butcher and the BoarThe Lexington
JACK RIEBEL
SurlyCorner Table
JORGE GUZMAN
TYGE NELSONIn SeasonThe Kenwood510 Groveland
DON SAUNDERS
La Belle VieSoleraBarrioSmack ShackThe Lexington
Cosmos
D’Amico Cucina
The front of house team always ran like a fine-tuned machine, the service was impeccable and the kitchen was renowned for putting out incredible and inventive Italian food. Many talented chefs made their way through the kitchen of D’Amico Cucina during its 22-year run. So many, in fact, that when you look through its “family tree,” you realize it is the nucleus of the modern Twin Cities dining scene.
“Back then (in the 1990s), there wasn’t this whole idea of well-known chefs like there is now,” said Tim McKee, now a partner with the Fish Guys. “No one knew who the guys behind the kitchen were.” But today, looking at the roster of chefs who spent time in the kitchen at D’Amico Cucina is looking at a who’s who of the Minneapolis and St. Paul dining scene.
McKee started at D’Amico Cucina as a sous chef, his first-ever sous position, and graduated to chef before leaving to open La Belle Vie. Just as McKee was beginning his tenure at Cucina, Doug Flicker was leaving his position there as head chef to open Auriga.
“Working at Cucina for me was always above my head,” said Flicker, now executive chef at Esker Grove. “That forced me to dig deep down and push, push, push. There was never any coasting. It was the foundation for how I spent each day after I left.”
McKee agrees it was a uniquely influential time and place. “The environment inspired creative, passionate chefs,” he said. “Those chefs, in turn, continued to inspire like-minded chefs. It still goes on to this day.”
Mike DeCamp, Jim Christensen, Jack Riebel, Don Saunders, Erik Anderson, Jamie Malone, Jorge Guzman, Steven Brown, Isaac Becker and so many more – if there is a hot restaurant making waves in the Twin Cities today, there is a good chance its chef has a close connection to D’Amico Cucina.
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“During its heyday, walking into Cucina would take you away to some fantastical New York City restaurant packed with well-dressed guests with the sublime jazz of Benny Weinbeck playing in the background,” said Richard D’Amico, the restaurant’s co-owner.
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soft scrambled eggs with pickled pigs feet
tagliatelle with foie gras meatballs
D’Amico Cucina took all the hottest inspiration from both coasts – New York City and Los Angeles – and brought it to Minnesota for the first time. “Everyone wanted to work in that kitchen,” Richard D’Amico reminisced. “It just had a special buzz and that buzz carried over into the kitchen where everyone knew that they were a part of making something special.”
winefish over fire
lobster roll
Lorem ipsum
