Next Sunday's review: Mr. Rain's Fun House
Next Sunday I review Mr. Rain's Fun House, the new restaurant in the American Visionary Art Museum. It's in a space that stood empty for what seemed like forever, and it's great AVAM now has a tenant for it.
I remember when Joy America, the previous restaurant there, closed. It was being run by Spike and Charlie Gjerde. I thought at the time that it was the end of the career of someone who had been an important chef in Baltimore and had once had a mini-empire here. ...
Hah.
Have you heard of a little place called Woodberry Kitchen?
I don't have any idea if Mr. Rain's Fun House will be the same sort of stepping stone for the current chef, Bill Buszinski, but you never know. Meanwhile, find out what I thought of our evening there in next week's Arts & Entertainment section.
(Barbara Haddock Taylor/Sun photographer)
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find out what I thought of our evening there in next week's Arts & Entertainment section.
For a second there I thought that sentence read: "in next week's Canton Arts & Entertainment section."
Posted by: Sam Sessa | December 7, 2009 11:14 AM
I hope the restaurant is full of sparkly fun, as befitting a restaurant housed inside the AVAM.
Posted by: *◄:o)╥╥~YumPorchetta | December 7, 2009 1:14 PM
Visited for brunch/lunch during Bazaart---servers were enthusiastic, answered many questions about the food and were quick with beverage refills. Loved the grilled Kobe dog, purple yam soup and scallop dish.
Posted by: Mags | December 7, 2009 2:38 PM
Is the exuberant naked lady still on the wall?
Posted by: Dahlink | December 7, 2009 4:53 PM
Dahlink, the fact that I have no idea tells me it's time to get back over to AVAM and have me some of that purple yam soup!
I'm really hoping this is a totally cool, great restaurant...possibly...4 stars??? (Laugh, EL, you know you want to!)
Posted by: Joyce W. | December 7, 2009 7:06 PM
Joyce W., maybe "lady" is too strong a word, but she was buck nekkid, in vivid colors and had a huge smile on her face. I can't remember if the Gjerdes kept her on the wall (just to the right of the bar area, if memory serves) after they took over the original Joy America operation, but she radiated joy.
Posted by: Dahlink | December 7, 2009 7:45 PM
I'm excited to check this place out.
Posted by: mari | December 8, 2009 10:20 AM