Joe Flamm’s New Restaurant Will Feature Croatian Food and a Huge Charcoal Hearth

Photo by Joe Flamm

By: Bridget Hallinan | 9/24/19 | www-foodandwine-com.cdn.ampproject.org

Joe Flamm has wanted to open his own restaurant since high school. He started working in the industry when he was 16, and has had stints at Art Smith’s Table 52, Stephanie Izard’s Girl and the Goat, and Tony Mantuano’s Spiaggia, where he’s been the executive chef for the last five-and-a-half years. Not to mention, he pulled off a win on Top Chef season 15, got married, and had a baby along the way. In August, that dream finally came to fruition when Flamm announced that he was leaving Spiaggia to start a restaurant of his own. His last day is September 30, less than a week away. When I spoke with him last week, he was excited, overwhelmed, but ready to start his next chapter. Read More....