A Look Inside the Newly Open Kris Bistro & Wine Lounge

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• Executive chef (and not a student), Kris Jakob standing in front of a hydroponic herb garden in the kitchen.
• Jakob plating an entree.
• More plating behind the line.
• General manager, Hussein Haddad watching right before a plate heads to the dining room.
• The dining room.
• The entrance.

[Gary R Wise]

Located inside the Culinary Institute LeNôtre right off I-45, Kris Bistro & Wine Lounge is completely out of place amidst the scenery of industrial concrete that surrounds the highway north of loop 610. But like an oasis, it's a welcomed break in the landscape as well as the only area option offering an upscale lunch or dinner. This "teaching" French restaurant opened just last week.

Cool facts:
-The charcuterie program is heavily influenced by executive chef Kris Jakob's father, who taught him the ways of meat curing when he was just a youngster.
-No bottle of wine on their list exceeds a $35 price tag.
-There's a giant wall of windows on one side of the restaurant where you can watch students cook as you munch on frites and sip your French wine.

· Kris Bistro & Wine Lounge [Official Site]
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