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February 28, 2008

3 Chefs

Speaking of jambalaya, I got an e-mail from Christopher saying how much he liked 3 Chefs in Towson, which had gotten a good write up in the Afro-American. I hadn't heard of it, but I gave the place a call. It turns out that David Hill is the only chef at the moment.

Pretty much everything is made from scratch, including the barbecue sauces, and the menu includes, yes, jambalaya, crab cakes, jerk chicken, barbecue and the like. There are 25 or so seats, and Mr. Hill also has a busy catering and carryout business. ...

3 Chefs is located at 912 Taylor Ave. in Towson near Loch Raven (410-823-2433). I think that's the spot where an Asian restaurant used to be.

And speaking of late-night noshing, the hours are 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 3 a.m. Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.

I asked Mr. Hill if he had a liquor license, and he said no. I asked if it was OK to BYOB, and he said, "We don't do that."

Please let me know if you've tried 3 Chefs and how the food is. It's been open awhile and totally slipped under my radar. 

Posted by Elizabeth Large at 11:52 AM | | Comments (4)
        

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And apparently has slipped under the radar of the like suspects that hang around here. No comments thus far...

I'm waiting for someone to go try it and give us a mini-review here. Who's going to step up to the plate?

The first time I tried 3 chefs, it was pretty good. After that, it's gone constantly downhill!! They managed to mess up 3 out of 4 orders (on average) on every subsequent visit. We usually order for delivery and I think they take that as meaning they can do whatever they want!! They almost always substitute a different pasta for the one ordered, Burgers are NEVER cooked right and the toppings are almost always wrong!! I sent
my wife into the place to order and to make sure they didn't give us whatever they wanted to get rid of and they tie up the orders in bags so they can't be checked (with good reason). I've burned my menu in disgust and recommend that no one ever ring their delivery phone. A chef is usually someone that cooks food with pride. If they actually had even one real chef it would have to be an improvement Burger King has a better track record when it comes to fulfilling orders properly

One former disgusted customer

My husband and I encountered 3 Chef's as food vendor at the African American Heritage Festival. We ordered the Jerk Chicken with sweet potato rice and loved it! (The rice could have been cooked a bit longer, though.)

The food was hot and very tasty! Their costumer service was good, too. I've never been to their store location and am sorry to hear of the negative reviews. I might visit to see for myself.

Gee, I might be tempted to go just to try their "costumer service." I could use a new look!

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Richard Gorelick was appointed The Baltimore Sun's restaurant critic in September 2010. Before joining the paper staff fulltime, he contributed freelance criticism and features articles about food to area and regional publications. Along the way, he dispatched for short-distance trucking companies, shilled for cultural non-profits, and assisted in cognitive neurology research – never the subject, always the control.

He takes restaurants seriously but not himself, and his favorite restaurant is the one you love, too.
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