Two of our main men sat down with “The Dinner Party” on WGN Radio. Pay particular attention to the first segment, when Elysabeth Alfano chats with John Manion and Justin Anderson.
Click here for the full program, or just pick a favorite quote from below!
On the Moqueca:
“Kissed with ginger.”
On La Sirena Clandestina’s philosophy:
“We wanted to be the kind of place you could go twice a week or once a month. And you could have an experience. Come in for lunch for an empanada or a sandwich, have some soup and a glass of wine in the afternoon. Or you could come in and blow it out: have a whole fish, some moqueca, have cocktails. And we have an outstanding natural wine selection. We never wanted to be exclusive...I always wanted to be a little more proletariat.”
On cocktail trends:
“I think with the current trends, it’s going to continue with the classics. We do a lot of classics with our own spin on it: a Manhattan made with latin spirits or an Old Fashioned made with mezcal. A trend...having a small place that is fixed on one region or one particular way of making cocktails.”
On farm to table:
“To me, that’s not a cuisine. To me that’s how you cook. You buy the best ingredients and serve them to your customers.”
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