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Little Fish changes hands
As of last Monday, Mike Stollenwerk's stalwart Little Fish (746 S. Sixth St.) is under new control, but the Fish and Fathom Seafood House chef/owner didn't have to look far for his buyer.
Little Fish changes hands
As of last Monday, Mike Stollenwerk's stalwart Little Fish (746 S. Sixth St.) is under new control, but the Fish and Fathom Seafood House chef/owner didn't have to look far to find his buyer — he's sold the Bella Vista seafood restaurant to Chadd Jenkins, who's been Little Fish's chef de cuisine since before it even relocated to Sixth and Fitzwater. (The BYO, originally situated at Sixth and Catharine, moved a block north early this year.)
"Chadd's been with me for a long time, so we figured it was time for him to step up and own it," says Stollenwerk. "He wanted to keep the name and keep it going. I wish him all the best." A big motivator for the move was Stollenwerk's desire to get back into the kitchen — ping-ponging between Little Fish, Fish and Fathom, to say nothing of Fish's impending relocation and a Brewerytown deal in its early stages, was eating up more hands-on cooking time than Stollenwerk liked. He'll get his chance in a big way come late fall, when Fish reopens in its new digs at 13th and Locust; here, Stollenwerk says, the kitchen alone is as large as his current dining room at 1708 Lombard.
Aside from exercising the freedom to put his personal touch on every aspect of the restaurant, Jenkins has no grand plans to overhaul Little Fish's look, feel or concept. Check out his current menu after the jump (click to enlarge).
UPDATE [7 p.m.]: Jenkins says he does plan on doing some remodeling to the space, but not until after the new year. The restaurant's new website should be live in a few weeks.
UPDATE [27sept11]: More news from Stollenwerk via a released statement: He's also selling Fathom, which he opened in February of this year. We're hearing there are three offers on the table for the business right now and that a new owner should be ID'ed in the next few days.
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