re: Well looks like I won't be dining at Brandt's anymore...

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Govt St has seen Larry Masciaz Maci's go(former CIA trained chef under Charles Brandt..I worked there for a while)..

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Maci's was one of my favorite places. Larry would take me into the kitchen to demonstrate some of his techniques. And Carol was a one-of-a-kind waitress.

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Giamanco's, it also like Serops hiring Sheriffs to work nights in the parking lots for the last decade-plus before shuttering up and selling..

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Ate there almost every Friday night for years. Most of the staff had been there forever. Having Dixie serve you was like having your own waiter at Antoine's.

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Vasken's protege's Chicago

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Hassan. Carol from Maci's worked for him there and later at Tomatoes off Essen Lane. Last I heard he had landed at the Belle of Baton Rouge.