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| Dexter's Head Mask Above the Bar at Frontera Grill |
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| Master Chef Rick Bayless |
We’ve been to Frontera Grill a number of times over the past fifteen years and to its upscale sister, Topolobampo. Rick Bayless was the first Top Chef Masters winner and he has always been in the restaurant whenever we’ve visited. We’ve trumpeted that fact to all our friends and then, wouldn’t you know, he wasn’t there this time. He and his wife Deanna are listed as the proprietors and there’s a chef so I guess he’s going for the Alice Waters model, which is fine, but does give me pause. (I don’t want him to end up a media celebrity, rather than a gourmet master, as has happened with other chefs whose personalities preceded their palates). Everyone who’s accompanied us, with one exception (more on that later), has really enjoyed the ambience and the food. Frontera seats about sixty-five and has limited reservations. They have always based their clientele on walk-ins and I’ve known people to wait
