We fell in love over barbecue, said Akiko Moorman.
In Little Village, Moorman and her husband, Chef Phillip Foss, have had to re-think El Ideas, the tasting menu-driven, intimate little dining room, and re-imagine it as Boxcar Barbecue. So El Ideas is this Michelin-starred chef tasting menu whereas Boxcar is very straightforward barbecue, she said. The biggest thing is we don t have outdoor space or a bar. So in terms of pivoting we were pretty limited when it came to options.
At least he s got a Southern Pride smoker, which he s filling with chicken, for starters. We have a chicken that is really, really moist and barbecued, which is something that is a little hard to find, said Moorman.