Open Kitchen

Open Kitchen is a monthly interview column covering the joys and frustrations of Brooklyn restaurant operation in all its many forms. For April, we spoke to chef April Bloomfield and Gabriel Stulman, partners at Sailor in Fort Greene. An unusual event occurred a few weeks ago when Sailor—the platonic ideal of a neighborhood restaurant, added…

Open Kitchen is a monthly interview column covering the joys and frustrations of Brooklyn restaurant operation in all its many forms. For March, we spoke to Alan Delgado, the chef and owner of Los Burritos Juárez. I had a religious experience a few months ago. I waited for the initial block-long lines to die down,…

Open Kitchen is a monthly interview column covering the joys and frustrations of Brooklyn restaurant operation in all its many forms. For February, we spoke to Amanda Perdomo, the chef/owner of Amanda’s Good Morning Cafe. When you close your eyes and think of Fort Greene, you see the fork at Lafayette and Fulton, a block…

“Open Kitchen” is a monthly interview column covering the joys and frustrations of Brooklyn restaurant operation in all its many forms. It is also a local schmuck who likes to eat and a local chef shooting the shit and nerding out about food. First up, for January, is Jeremy Salamon, the chef/owner of two restaurants,…