/PRNewswire/ The American Liver Foundation (ALF) has teamed up with world-renowned culinary expert Chef Christopher Gross and Celebrity Chef Mark Tarbell.
A recent report alleges the prestigious organization is trying to weed out chefs with problematics pasts, and some chefs say these new rules go against the spirit of celebrating cuisine, and it's causing controversy, just days ahead of their annual award ceremony.
You most likely remember Christopher s Restaurant & Crush Lounge, the late but popular eatery and bar manned by the James Beard Award-winning Chef Christopher Gross. It was located at Biltmore Fashion Park for a decade till Gross relocated to Wrigley Mansion to run Geordie s in 2018. (You might also remember the brief Sky Harbor rendition, simply Christopher’s, in Terminal 3 in 2019).
Now, Gross is about to open a new restaurant, Christopher’s at the Wrigley Mansion, next Tuesday, March 23.
Where: Christopher’s at the Wrigley Mansion will be adjacent to the actual historic mansion in a newly constructed building at 2501 East Telawa Trail. The 26-seat, 1,500-square-foot space was designed by architect Wendell Burnett. Christopher’s will offer 180-degree views of downtown Phoenix via floor-to-ceiling windows and a retractable roof. Other features include personal table lamps, a wood-fire oven in view of guests, Soleri Bells (created by an Arizona artist) modified to be