New Chef at Eivissa

By Chuck Sudo in Food on Dec 18, 2009 8:20PM

Iin his review of Eivissa from June, Anthony praised the Old Town tapas hotspot's service and reasonable prices, especially the cocktails. He also had reservations about Dudley Nieto's merging of traditional tapas with some of the more ridiculed aspects of the molecular gastronomy movement like foams. But Nieto's resume, especially the number of restaurants he's worked at around town, nearly rivals Geno Bahena for Happy Feet.

So we weren't that surprised to receive a press release this afternoon announcing that Jorge Miranda (Las Palmas) is replacing Nieto at Eivissa. Coincidentally, it was Nieto who gave the Mexican-born Miranda his first job in Chicago, as a dishwasher. Miranda worked his way up to becoming Nieto's head line chef in five months and later audited classes at Kendall College for free.