This Friday is our Food Issue, so as a kind of preview, I lament here the closing of Private | Social, the Uptown restaurant that was opened by Top Chef fave Tiffany Derry less than two years ago.
I liked the restaurant when it opened, and while crowds dropped off over time, the food remained good (and the beverage program was top-notch, too.) Derry left earlier this year, and a new chef, Najat Kanacche, was doing some remarkable things with molecular gastronomy. I ate there just last week, and enjoyed smoked salmon marinated in grapefruit (pictured — hanging from a hook!) and the grilled fish, as well as all the many clever courses the chef perfected in her short time there. I had hoped to write a follow-up review this week, but alas, that won’t be necessary.
No word yet on what will take over the McKinney Avenue space.
