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Adolfo Garcia: The Metamorphosis of New Orleans’ Hungriest Restaurateur

September 1, 2012 by: Rene Louapre

"I felt like I was lip-syncing, like I was Ashlee Simpson on Saturday Nigh Live,” says Adolfo Garcia. Garcia is talking about Rio Mar. More specifically, why, after owning and serving as executive chef at Rio Mar for more than ten years, he up and sold his share to longtime partner Nick Bazan. The nightly act of putting on a chef’s coat, walking around the dining room and being called “chef” had worn him down. Not because of the stre...

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