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“I’m still trying to figure out how to take care of myself. its demise hastened by a less-than-stellar review in The Washington Post. “So much goes on behind the scenes when you are the leader of a kitchen,” he said. Onwuachi opened the high-end restaurant Shaw Bijou in Washington, DC. On stage in Detroit, he talked about his hopes for opening more restaurants, writing more books-and seeing his story come to life on screen starring Lakeith Stanfield. The Shaw Bijou closed Sunday after only 2½ months, and the owner says all the principals share the blame for the short run. In his memoir, he explored in depth what it’s like to be a black man in the rarefied world of fine dining where racism is all too common. Earlier this year, he won the James Beard Award for Rising Star Chef and was named one of America’s best new chefs by Food & Wine magazine-accolades that, as he has noted, rarely go to black chefs. After two years of planning, but less than three months of. Kelly Gorsuch, the principal owner of Shaw Bijou, told The Washington Post. With Kith/Kin, it’s clear that Onwuachi is back. Sunday brought a crushing blow to Top Chef alum Kwame Onwuachi and his still-brand-new Washington D.C. After just a short two-and-a-half month stint, the Shaw Bijou closed its. He also opened a fast casual spot, Philly Wing Fry, that serves cheesesteaks and fried chicken. EDT Kwame Onwuachi is still weeks away from opening Shaw Bijou, but in the meantime, he has a new pastry chef. The two-year-old restaurant in Washington, D.C., pays homage to his family’s roots in Jamaica, Trinidad, Nigeria and Louisiana with entrees that include goat roti ($26) and jerk chicken ($34). During that conversation, he didn’t intimate anything about the closure. Then he ditched the high-concept, high-priced food he’d offered at Shaw Bijou and returned with Kith/Kin, where he serves homey Afro-Carribean food. Eaters national team was so surprised by the volley of negative reviews the Shaw Bijou received in its two-and-a-half months that I spoke with Onwuachi last Friday, planning to run a story about how a young business learns to pivot from early feedback. Kwame Onwuachi in the dining room of Kith/Kin The Washington Post/Getty Images
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