[title type="h5"]Tom Wolfe Moves In At Rib Room[/title]
Tom Wolfe--not the writer, but the long-time New Orleans chef--has been named chef at the Omni Royal Orleans hotel and its flagship restaurant, the Rib Room. Tom has operated a number of restaurants over the past twenty years, starting with a bistro near the West End marina, and peaking at the five-star Peristyle. He changed its name to Wolfe's, the closed it after Katrina.
In the last few years he's operated restaurants on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, first in Pass Christian and then Biloxi. The impression I get is that Tom plans to backpedal the menu at the Rib Room, which despite its middle-of-the Quarter location and hotel connections, always had a strong local clientele. It has not been as potent in recent years, despite the work of a procession of well-known chefs through the place. Its glory years have lately been more in the memories of the regulars, and the good bar community that hangs out every evening.
Good luck, Tom. . . I'll see you there in about six months.
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Rotisserie at the Rib Room, with a table set for 20.[/caption]
Rib Room
French Quarter: 621 St Louis St. 504-529-7045. www.ribroomneworleans.com.
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