These behind-the-scenes food artisans at our favorite restaurants make magic with dough and cheese. That fresh bread at Lucia? It’s made by Matt Ramirez..
Eleven months have passed since Dallas dining rooms closed in response to the arrival of the coronavirus. Some of them still haven’t reopened.
A small group of restaurant owners have declined to resume dine-in service, instead sticking to takeout, curbside pickup, delivery or outdoor patios. Most of them operate very small businesses and are guided by concern for their employees’ and customers’ health.
That stance is backed up by science that suggests we should still be avoiding indoor dining. The government of Washington, D.C., found that over a four-month span, 14% of the district’s virus outbreaks took place inside restaurants and bars. A study by the University of California, San Francisco, found that cooks work the single most dangerous job of the pandemic, with bakers in fourth place, “chefs and head cooks” in 11th and bartenders 24th.
6 special Valentine’s Day food and wine pairings, from oysters to truffles
These celebratory take-home foods are good matches for sparkling wine, stouts and more.
Haute Goat s Chaource, made in Longview, bottom center, and Cowgirl Creamery Mt. Tam triple cream cheese, paired with a brut Champagne and a California sparkling wine(Ben Torres / Special Contributor)
This Valentine’s Day, embrace staying home and enjoy luxurious foods with drinks to match. We wedded six celebratory take-home foods with sips from sparkling wines to imperial stout that enhance every bite. Want one wine for several courses? The brut sparkling wine recommendations below pair with multiple foods on our list.
Lucia Embarks on Its Next Chapter in the Former Macellaio Space
Lucia finds a new home on Bishop Avenue. And we find some solace reflecting on a decade of delight in its original digs.
By Eve Hill-Agnus
Published in
Food & Drink
January 29, 2021
12:38 pm
The declaration came several weeks ago that Lucia would shutter in the spot where it had been for the past 10 years and move to the former Macellaio locale a block away. The takeout model would tide it over in anticipation of a spring reopening. The relocation meant Macellaio would permanently end its run.
It’s not a move they wanted to make but rather had to make. Like many others, David and Jennifer Uygur found things had changed drastically in the nine months since March’s dining room closures, and it didn’t make sense for them to renew their lease in December. (The Uygurs applied for and received a Payment Protection Program loan that helped them cover rent for a few months in the spring and pay employees who help