“I like to do both.” That’s what Andrew Brochu told me about his bounce between the progressive fine dining cookery of El Ideas, where he was then working, and the more pubby stuff that made his name when he opened the late Kith & Kin. After El Ideas, the Alinea vet attempted to right the ship at Graham Elliot for a short spell, but now he’s back in barstaurant territory at the Monarch.

Mike Sula

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