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Friday, July 24, 2009

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Posted by Cliff Bostock on Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 8:58 PM

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Well, almost. Chef Paul Luna is returning to Atlanta. I had a voicemail from him a few weeks ago but haven't reconnected with him. However, Henry, a longtime server at Eclipse di Luna, told me during lunch today that he is returning. Apparently, he plans to work as a consultant, not as a chef. I repeat: I have not confirmed this with Luna himself.

Newcomers to Atlanta may not know Luna, to whom words like "legendary" and "bad boy" have been routinely applied. He first arrived here as chef of Bice in the early '90s, as I recollect, then opened Luna Si, Cafe Mystique, Eclipse di Luna and Loca Luna. A year ago we reported that he was writing a bilingual children's book, Luna Needs a Miracle, which will be available next month.

Known for rather temperamental behavior in his restaurants -- ejecting diners who asked for salt, for example -- he also became infamous for dancing on table tops in very few clothes. Diners tolerated the behavior because his food was so extraordinary.

We'll keep you posted when we hear more.

(Photo courtesy of ChefLuna.com)

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Ug. I was here during the feverish coverage of ATL's first "star" chef. Thankfully, Atlanta's grown as a city for food. Who cares? I'd be more excited to hear that Harrison's or Limelight were re-opening. Paging Tom Houck!

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