Kitchen Inspiration

(An enchanting smell, when peppers roast...)

While working in this business certainly has its pitfalls, wandering through the restaurant today I was reminded of those little things that make this industry so special - so obviously, I'm sharing!

Even the most composed and polished restaurants are machines that chug along at a rapid pace. What separates those restaurants from others is how those intermittent parts manage the rapid pace. Parts like the waitstaff, bus staff, and bar staff. The front desk that greets you and the garde manger who makes your salad. The sous chef who is filling in for the sick fry cook and the chef de cuisine who is expediting the tickets as they come in and the food as it leaves the dining room in the runner's hands. All of these parts combine to present you with an experience, and not only do few restaurants make it look easy, but how many types of businesses, of any kind, function under such pressure day in, and day out?

I have to say, I'm incredibly proud of the many intermittent parts that make up BIN 36. When I was walking through the kitchen and could smell peppers roasting on the grill, could hear the sound of a knife as it worked through a fish at the hands of our chef John Caputo, it just kind of hit me, you know? Sometimes, things like that just happen - because everyday I beam with pride for what we've accomplished and present to you, but there's just those moments when you really come to grips with what you've got going...

And so, brought on by inspiration, maybe you'll smell and hear and feel just a glimmer of what I feel right now:

(Super fresh and for our Lobster Shepherd's Pie)

(A beautiful fish... Sturgeon steaks!)

(Two words: Tuna. Nicoise.)

(And instant mouth-watering gratification...

Brown Sugar cured Pork Loin.)

And if you've read this far (and haven't heard yet), a result of such fortuitous events? We've dropped the price of all wine flights at BIN 36 to $10, but only for tonight... so I don't know about you, but it's time to get my wine on!