LEADING THE WAY. AND WELCOME BACK. YOU KNOW, IT IS THE FINAL WEEK OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND A LOCAL CHEF IS GETTING SOME MAJOR ACCOLADES. THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S RIGHT. THE PRESTIGIOUS JAMES BEARD AWARDS NOMINATED CHEF JORDAN ANTHONY BROWN FOR BEST EMERGING CHEF. ONE YEAR AFTER OPENING THE APERTURE. 바카라게임 NEWS FIVE바카라 게임 웹사이트�S MEGAN MITCHELL EXPLAINS, IF YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트�VE BEEN TO WALNUT HILLS, YOU KNOW THIS ICONIC CORNER. EIGHT YEARS AGO, I COVERED THE START OF RENOVATIONS FOR THE THEN ABANDONED PARAMOUNT BUILDING, AND NOW IT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S HOME TO A RESTAURANT THAT RECEIVED HUGE RECOGNITION ACROSS THE COUNTRY. ONE OF THE REASONS I LIKE FILM OVER DIGITAL IS THAT YOU ONLY GET SO MANY CHANCES. JORDAN ANTHONY BROWN TRIED HARD TO BUILD A LIFE OF STABILITY. SO I WENT INTO CONSULTING, WHICH IS PRETTY MUCH JUST THE NAME OF JUST ABOUT EVERY JOB IN D.C. AT THE TIME AND DID THAT FOR FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS BEFORE GOING BACK TO COOKING. HE WENT BACK AND FORTH WORKING IN RESTAURANTS, THEN FINANCE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. BUT AFTER HIS FATHER AND STEPMOM PASSED AWAY FROM A CAR ACCIDENT IN CINCINNATI IN 2012, THE KITCHEN CALLED HIM BACK. THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트�S KIND OF WHAT PUSHED ME BACK TO COOKING. IT WAS KIND OF ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, LIFE IS GOING TO BE OVER ONE DAY. AND I, YOU KNOW, WANT TO DO WHAT I WANT WITH THAT TIME WHILE I바카라 게임 웹사이트�M HERE. SO WE BASICALLY BUILT THE KITCHEN AROUND WHERE COULD THIS GO? SO AFTER MOVING HOME AND WORKING AS A SOUS CHEF AT BOCA, HE FINALLY OPENED HIS OWN CONCEPT A YEAR AGO. THE APERTURE. YOU KNOW, IN THE WAKE OF A LOT OF THINGS CHANGING IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, I THINK PEOPLE NEED THAT MORE THAN EVER. AND SO WE TRY TO BALANCE EVERYTHING WITH AN ELEMENT OF COMFORT AND NOSTALGIA. THE FOOD HAS A MEDITERRANEAN COASTAL INFLUENCE, WITH A MIDDLE EASTERN FLAIR. MENU HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE PITA AND HUMMUS. THE PASTA DISHES AND THE LAMB SHOULDER. HE STAYS AWAY FROM TRENDS. I THINK PEOPLE JUST WANT SOMETHING THAT MAKES THEM FEEL GOOD, NOT MAKES THEM FEEL COOL. AND THIS SAINT X GRAD IS GETTING NODS FROM HIS NETWORK HERE. I바카라 게임 웹사이트�VE HAD A LOT OF GUYS COME IN HERE. I ACTUALLY THINK ONE OF MY TEACHERS HAVE BEEN HERE LAST NIGHT. I THINK I MEANT TO SAY I. AND NATIONALLY AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, THE NEW YORK TIMES NAMED THE APERTURE ONE OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN THE COUNTRY. AND LAST MONTH, THE JAMES BEARD AWARDS NOMINATED HIM FOR BEST EMERGING CHEF. NOW, WHILE IT MIGHT BE LIKE AN INDIVIDUAL AWARD, TO ME THAT MORE WAS INDICATIVE OF ALL IT MEANT TO ME IS CULTURE. TO ME, THAT JUST MEANS WE HAVE GOOD CULTURE, AND THAT CULTURE EXTENDS TO THE GUESTS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN HERE. FINALISTS FOR THE AWARD WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN EARLY APRIL, WITH WINNERS BEING ANNOUNCED IN JUNE. BUT FOR CHEF JORDAN, THIS IS ABOUT CEMENTING THE LEGACY HERE IN THE CITY. MEGAN MITCHEL