You can forgive Duke Moscrip a few dad jokes sprinkled across the menus at his seven-location restaurant chainlet. Also on premise: plenty of fresh-shucked oysters (and champagne to pair) and one of the town’s epic waterside patios. Even casual fry shack staples like crispy calamari and fishwiches display the care of a kitchen with high-end roots ditto the house’s signature “poutine of the sea,” essentially fries topped with clam chowder and bacon. Hidden away within the Ocean Alexander Marina on Lake Union, Matt’s in the Market’s seafood-focused sibling applies its rustic, seasonal lens to crab hush puppies, beautiful halibut preparations, and rich seafood stew. The White Swan Public House South Lake Union The menus vary, the vibe is anything but cool, but the quality of the seafood is always legit, whether it’s coconut curry mussels at the waterfront flagship or a basket of fried prawns while you’re waiting for the Mukilteo ferry. Barnum with a yen for pranks, started a fish and chips counter on the waterfront in 1938 it’s since grown to include more than 20 outposts, including fast-casual chowder and chip bars from Tacoma to Bellingham and the viewy special-occasion throwback Salmon House on northern Lake Union. Order a few of each to compare and contrast. And, of course, fresh cold oysters from Washington and not too far beyond. No wonder, given the small plates of spot prawns and smoked salmon belly, the pitch-perfect vegetable plates, that steak tartare. Then came the national buzz-and excitement hasn’t diminished since. Back in 2010 she intended this hideaway in the back of the Kolstrand Building as an unassuming hangout. She smiles knowing that every detail of the cafe oozes her love for her family, every picture hanging is a picture of my family members, that for me is love, that for me is life.Of course, it’s impossible to distill all of Seattle into a single restaurant, but nothing comes closer than Renee Erickson’s oyster bar. The Cafe is filled with her family history from her great grandfathers draft card, to a custom built tables that houses all of her grandmothers hand written recipes and family pictures. Chef Tam’s Underground Cafe sits on the Union Ave in Memphis, TN and you’ll find her there Tuesday - Saturday 11-7, putting her spin on what she loves to call Cajun Soul Food Fusion. The restaurants no matter the size must all have the feel, “it's like being in your Grandma’s House”. She loves history especially her family history. While expansion plans are in her sights Chef Tam plans on expending in every state where her family may have been owned. The smiles that the customers give after they have eaten a meal at the cafe are all the notoriety she needs. While Chef Tam has fed many notable celebs, from Grammy Award Winners, Actors, Producers, NBA Champions and NFL players, and even Comedians, she doesn’t dub herself as a Celebrity Chef, she loves being a Chef of The People.
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Her Family and its legacy and its love of amazing food are what has driven her no matter the obstacles she’s faced.In April of 2022 Chef Tam Chopped away at the competition to winner Chopped on Food Network, and she was also featured in Taste of the South Magazine just a few weeks later. Within a few months of being open, Chef Tam was nominated Best New Restaurant in Memphis and Best Overall Food in the city. That Summer she dashed across the T.V Screen again in A Burger Battle for Champions on Guys Grocery Games, and then later in the summer was a featured competitor on Ultimate Summer Cook-Off, on Food Network as well. She was also featured in Essence Magazine that same month.
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Her Maternal Grandfather owned a BBQ Restaurant, Her Father Owned a Homestyle Restaurant all of her youth, and her Paternal Grandmother who she affectionally calls Nanna was a Professional Baker.Īpril 22nd, 2018 Chef Tam made her Food Network Debut, Appearing in Guys Grocery Games, where she beat out three classically trained chefs with her soulful Bayou Lovers rendition of Mac and Cheese filled with crab and Shrimp, Peach Cobbler French Toast candied cayenne bacon, and soul pizza good enough to knock your socks off, it was, get this a collard green pizza. Chef Tam comes from a long line of Cooks, Bakers, and Restaurant Owners. Chef Tam moved to a much larger location January 2020 on 668 Union with multiple floors and private dining room options. The Cafe’ is located started out the highly sought-after Cooper Young Area of Memphis, Tennessee right in the heart of Midtown. The Cafe in Memphis has been opened since March 2017, though a transplant to the city she’s made it her own. Chef Tamra Patterson was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas is known by most as Chef Tam, she is the owner of Chef Tam’s Underground Cafe in Memphis, TN and Chef Tam's Express in Arlington, Tx.