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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Lenny Robinson is BAAACCCK, plus BLT and FLIP opening dates
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
MR. PERSONALITY: Chef Lenny Robinson has returned to the dining scene as exec chef for Peasant Bistro
Photo: Jessica McGowan/ Special to the AJC
I’m happy to report that chef Lenny Robinson, formerly of Les Fleur de Lis Cafe downtown, has resurfaced at Peasant Bistro in the Luckie Marietta District.
This charismatic chef has been MIA since closing FDL earlier this year, after reshaping its French concept to a more N’Awlins style menu. Honestly, he makes the best gumbo — seafood or otherwise — I have ever eaten. Such a dark roux it boggles the mind … But he always had woes, and not just because he was downtown (where there’s plenty of a lunch crowd to keep a chef busy).
His personality was as out front as his cooking — which is excellent — and it put some folks off to the point that they wouldn’t return. The problem was that Robinson, who one colleague aptly dubbed “grumpy-olicious, ” was doing all the cooking and his wait staff was, well, a little out to lunch in a non-literal way.
He’s gifted, and I’m glad to know he’s back. Now if only Joshua Perkins, formerly of the Globe, would come back, too.
And, as suspected, FLIP has moved its opening from this week to next: December 10. Laurent Tourondel’s BLT is scheduled to open January 29.
Any chefs you’d like to see back in the ATL?
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