I was selling Chefwear for a short while and went into the Greens kitchen and met Annie and it was the cleanest and most beautiful kitchen i had ever been in. I worked at Lark Creek and Granita and Chinoise and La Brea Bakery so i was ver familiar with kitchen life.  Annie was kind and cool. Across the bay i went into Chez Panisse and was astounded by how silent and miserable everyone was. So serious and dumb and unreal. No one should have to work like that. I was so astounded i called a friend upon walking out the door. It’s kind of the nature of the beast though. What starts as raucous and fun gains a reputation on its success and then it turns into a daily grind to continue the reputation and then the fun is gone. I’m sure LCI probably grew into a serious place. But i was with the opening crew for the first year and it was a blast.

I was selling Chefwear for a short while and went into the Greens kitchen and met Annie and it was the cleanest and most beautiful kitchen i had ever been in. I worked at Lark Creek and Granita and Chinoise and La Brea Bakery so i was ver familiar with kitchen life.  Annie was kind and cool. Across the bay i went into Chez Panisse and was astounded by how silent and miserable everyone was. So serious and dumb and unreal. No one should have to work like that. I was so astounded i called a friend upon walking out the door. It’s kind of the nature of the beast though. What starts as raucous and fun gains a reputation on its success and then it turns into a daily grind to continue the reputation and then the fun is gone. I’m sure LCI probably grew into a serious place. But i was with the opening crew for the first year and it was a blast.

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