The Market Street Cafe is having an open house to welcome their new Chef--Scott Shampine! The festivities are on Wednesday, December 17th, from 6pm - 9pm. The restaurant will have a complimentary selection of wines and free samplings of Chef Shampine's nationally acclaimed creations.
We have blogged about the Market Street Cafe in the past. It's a cozy neighborhood restaurant on the west side of Market Street just a few blocks north of Central Way--walking distance from East of Market and West of Market neighborhoods. The MSC is going to re-open after the first of the year!
Here is a bit more about Chef Shampine. A native of San Francisco, CA, Chef Shampine brings 20+ years of culinary experience to his new role as the executive chef at Market Street Cafe.
Trained at the California Culinary Academy and Berringer School for American Chefs, Shampine was formerly th executive chef at OLEA in Portland where he was the only Oregon restaurant to make John Mariani's "The Twenty Best New Restaurants in the USA" in Esquire Magazine (November 2005) as well as Food & Wine's "376 hottest restaurants in the world" (May 2006).
Prior to moving to Portland in 2001, Shampine worked two years with Wolfgang Puck, was the stagiaire at the French Laundry, executive sous chef at Coyote Cafe in Santa Fe, New Mexico and sous chef at Aqua in San Francisco.
I met Scott a few nights ago at the MSC as he was working late preparing the new menus. He is a fun, engaging guy and has good ideas for the new menu--which will be priced "very reasonably" compared to the previous menu at the MSC. After talking to Scott I am convinced the food will be incredible.
So if you can drop in for a few minutes or an hour on Wednesday night I know Chef Shampine would love to meet you! Janis and I will be there to check out the Grilled Prosciutto Wrapped Dates with Vanilla Bean-Black Pepper Oil, Foie Gras Tater Tots, and Dark Chocolate Olive Oil Chantilly. Oh, and the free wine! See you there? ~Steve
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