god dammit, more local talent gone. apparently lee's gotten too big for his britches and has decided to move to new york at the end of next month. he will be working at a thompson group hotel restaurant in the LES that should be opening in september. the thompson group have a great reputation and own hotels like the roosevelt over in la (think the celebutante hotspot 'teddy's') and 60 thompson in ny. curiously, the thompson group have partnered with a toronto devloper and will have a hotel attached to the popular 550 wellington project down at king and bathurst. lets hope lee screws up soon enough to helm the new restaurant at 550.
unfortunately, lee will close his flagship and keep the shitty one open (i did a little review in an earlier post). too bad. just like chef lynn crawford before him, lee will pick up in a hotel chain. lets hope he will be as celebrated as he was here. i never got to try susur's, but i guess now i have no choice. lets hope it's not already booked up (and i have an extra g lying around!)!
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