Todd Mark Miller, Chef, Washington Square, Philadelphia, PA
Chef
Todd Mark Miller attracted a ton of publicity a few months back with
his $100 version of a Philly cheesesteak sandwich. It was a brilliant, if unnecessary,
publicity ploy for the opening of Stephen Starr's luxury boutique steakhouse
concept, Barclay Prime. Unnecessary because Starr could get elected mayor of
Philadelphia for his spectacular urban renewal projects, which now total 13
of the city's best restaurants. Legions anxiously await each new Starr project
because they know he has a keen eye for style and talent. At most steakhouses,
however, talent can be a wasted commodity. But Miller, who has worked with some
of the country's greatest chefs—Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Nobu Matsuhisa
and Jullian Serrano— created a steakhouse menu that blows the dust off
the staid, traditional genre. Nevertheless, bigger things were in store for
MIller, and late last month Starr called on him to replace Marcus Samuelsson
at Washington Square. Samuelsson, one of several famed New York chefs Starr
has imported to bring cachet to his eateries, will focus on moving his acclaimed
Manhattan restaurant, Aquavit, to a new location. Miller has big shoes to fill,
but he's got big-time Philly street cred, and that's something no onedaya-week
New York City commuter can pack.
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