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The news that Brian Laird, who lasted a decade at Barolo, is out after just a few months at at Russo’s Kitchen + Tavern , the restaurant that Peter Kudla put in his Vallagio project, has generated lots of response, including this from Tico:
Know the feeling, I once ran a place where the owners’ wife wanted escargot on the menu and he wanted nachos…
Then there’s this from Jeff:
I went to Russo’s once, and it was a crushing disappointment. I have the utmost respect for Laird, and I know what Barolo was like at its peak.Russo’s was such a mess and it sounds like it’s going to get worse. You already couldn’t sense Laird’s influence anywhere on the menu. I really hope that he lands on his feet, and I hope that Kudla eventually comes to the realization that he clearly doesn’t know food and that nobody is going to come eat his plastic bag bullshit.
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And the final (at the moment) word from watBaddaU?
Chef Jackson is the dawn…. I highly suggest you taste what he can do… Brian Laird will soon be forgotten.
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