Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Private Rack GastroPub to open at end of September in Scottsdale.


Chef Leonard Jay's dream of opening a British style Gastropub is coming to life in real life and on reality television. In an old house, office and sandwich shop Chef Jay's team has transformed it into a large full service pub that will serve 3 meals a day and stay open very late after everybody else closes. Chef Jay is a 2 time winner of Food Network Challenges and has built his reputation with several restaurants and concepts in the Phoenix and Denver area. After searching valley wide for several years, Chef knew this old town Scottsdale location was perfect when he saw it and told the realtor to "take your sign down, let's work out a deal". British pub favorites of Bangers and Mash along with pizza from a dining room oven, will be available along with many other yet unpublished menu items. A billiard room, a hanging herb garden patio and other rooms will be available for small to medium size private parties and a large patio will be ready just in time for our bragging weather. In an effort to keep cost down and leave a smaller foot print, Chef Jay is using some scrap wood for wall panels and scraps of the scraps for other design purposes. Part of Chefs plan is to be sustainable and not let anything go unused when possible. Much of the furniture consisting of sofa, armchairs and coffee tables will be available on the restaurants website.

Mixologist Travis Nass is running the beverage program and will be building a value oriented, worldly wine list along with a drinks list he's built in the years he's been in the Scottsdale area restaurant and bar industry.

If opening a restaurant is not hard enough, how about having it all filmed for a reality show to present to networks about opening a restaurant with a 30 day countdown. The team has set Sept. 29th as the 30th day and is preparing a soft opening that day, with a grand opening planned for mid October. Located across from Southbridge, Private Rack is located at 7119 E. 6th Ave. in Scottsdale 85251. www.privaterackscottsdale.com

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