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St. Louis chef expands hometown Asian food scene

With Indo, Nick Bognar builds on his parents’ restaurant success

Holly Petre, Assistant Digital Editor

July 18, 2019

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James Beard Award semifinalist Nick Bognar is branching out from his family’s widely known restaurants with Indo, a modern Asian restaurant in his hometown of St. Louis.

Nominated as a Beard “Rising Star Chef of the Year” “earlier this year for the transformation of his mother’s restaurant, Nippon Tei, Bognar is continuing to transform the Japanese, Thai and Southeast Asian culinary scene in the St. Louis area.

Opened 19 years ago, Nippon Tei gave Bognar the foundation in the kitchen and he saw the introduction of more Japanese and Thai flavors to the St. Louis food scene. After working at several restaurants as executive chef, he took time to travel Cambodia and Thailand before transforming Nippon Tei and opening Indo at age 27.

Take a look at the Indo food offerings in the accompanying slideshow.

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About the Author

Holly Petre

Assistant Digital Editor

Holly Petre is a digital editor for Nation’s Restaurant News as well as the host of NRN’s podcast, Extra Serving, and producer for Informa Restaurant and Food Group’s other three podcasts, One On One by Food Management, Off the Shelf with SN and In the Kitchen with Bret Thorn. Holly holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in Sculpture, fibers and Material Studies and Ceramics from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. A native New Yorker, Holly enjoys her place on staff as the resident pop-culture expert and millennial with a sassy attitude and great sense of style.

Holly Petre’s work on Nation’s Restaurant News and Restaurant Hospitality often covers marketing and trends, either aimed-at or examined-through the millennial mindset. Holly is responsible for introducing TikTok and Twitch to NRN and RH readers as well as explaining terms like “Karen” to staff and readers alike. She also spends her time on staff trying not to make every headline a pun.

Holly Petre hasn’t spoken at any events or on panels, but she is readily available with a killer shoe wardrobe and several witty quips.

 

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