by Stephanie Barna

Jacques Larson used to be a downtown chef, making his name at places like Union Hall, Cintra, and — most famously — Mercato, where restaurateur Hank Holliday set him up in a big way when Larson returned from New York and Italy and tried to dazzle us with his rustic Italian fare in 2006.

Unfortunately, he was reined in by business demands (ie. tourist market tastes) and prevented from really doing his own thing.

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