Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Restaurants Linton Hopkins announces his next restaurant ... sort of
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:26 AM
Linton Hopkins of Holeman & Finch and Restaurant Eugene has been named one of America's 10 best new chefs by Food & Wine Magazine. He'll be featured in the July issue.
The magazine's website features a profile of him. Here are some excerpts:
Favorite cheap eat:Carvers Country Kitchen, a small Southern soul food cafeteria in Atlanta. “It’s only open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and there’s already a line at 11. They load up your plate. My ideal ‘meat and three’ there is fried chicken, creamed corn, lima beans and braised peas.”
Guilty pleasure:
Cheeseburgers. “I love the ones at Varsity in Atlanta, with onion rings and a Coca-Cola; it’s one of my ideal meals. You can’t get it with pimento cheese, you have to get American cheese. That’s how we make burgers at Holeman and Finch; I love how American cheese melts around the burger.”
Favorite wine:
“I’ve just gotten into Yellow + Blue Malbec, sold in Tetra Paks [cartons]. It’s $12 a liter. One of my faults is being a snob about bottles and corks, so this is a great departure for me.”
What his next restaurant would be:
“My fantasy restaurant is a place called Preservation, which wouldn’t have any refrigeration. Most of our greatest foods were created pre-refrigeration. Country ham would just sit out; it would drive the health inspector crazy. The more realistic idea is a classic fish camp with crawfish boils and Cajun blackened fish and roasted oysters. And great hush puppies and beer on ice, so cold that the labels fall off.”
Damn, I can't wait for his next restaurant.
(Photo by James Camp)
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I love Linton Hopkins, and I'm glad he's finally getting the recognition he deserves. In my opinion, Restaurant Eugene is the pinnacle of fine dining Southern style.
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tried R.E.'s new menu... sampled many different dishes. I love this restaurant but the food was average. just too many items on the menu now. H&F stills rocks tho.
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