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Dave Beran, Before Next

Dave-Beran-071912.jpgDave Beran has earned rave reviews as exec chef of Next. But what was life like before? Eater National chatted with Beran about how he first got interested in cooking, working at MK and Tru, remembering the number of cooks who don't last at Alinea, thinking he wasn't going to make it at Alinea and, before that, drunk emailing his resume to Grant Achatz about a job and getting a call the next morning. [~E~]

Alinea

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TRU

676 N Saint Clair Street, Chicago, IL 60611 312 202 0001

mk The Restaurant

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