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Dinner Roll of the Dice: Brian McBride and Robert Weidmaier Eye Atlantic City
January 19, 2012
Washington City Paper
Young and Hungry
Posted by Chris Shott on Jan. 19, 2012 at 10:00 am
Dinner Roll of the Dice: Brian McBride and Robert Weidmaier Eye Atlantic City
Brian McBride is frying up some severed shrimp heads, part of an ambitious recipe for a new pasta dish.
For a veteran of the restaurant scene in Washington, with its sizeable international population and its proliferation of sushi joints,the noggins might not seem especially out of the ordinary. But McBride,the former chef at D.C.’s Blue Duck Tavern, is testing this garnish for an entirely different market: Atlantic City.
If all goes as planned, the gritty gambling town on the Jersey Shore will represent the first trans-Beltway effort by McBride and his equallyD.C.-regional collaborator, Robert Weidmaier, proprietor of Marcel’s and Brasserie Beck.The duo is opening a new 230-seat eatery inside Revel Atlantic City, the state-government-backed, 47-story hotel tower and resort slated to be the newest competitor to A.C. landmarks like Harrah’s, the Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa, and Caesar’s.
Atlantic City, of course, has made some significant gustatory stridesin recent years, importing kitchens created by the likes of San Francisco-based Michael Mina, New York-based Bobby Flay, and Philadelphia-based Stephen Starr.McBride and Weidmaier are perhaps its first D.C.-bred toques. But like the already established celebrity chefs who regularly helm eateries in tourist towns like Atlantic City and Las Vegas, they’re hoping to becomenational players.
Read more about DCchefs expanding beyond the metropolitan region here .
