A star chef opens his dream restaurant

摘要

When you're a former Top Chef contender and decide to open your own restaurant, you can rest assured it will be immediately filled no matter the look. But for two-time competitor Mike Isabella, who unveiled Graffiato in Washington, DCs Chinatown last summer, a convivial ambiance-akin to the "hole in the wall Italian joints where they knew your parents' names" of his youth in New Jersey and the Bronx-was just as important as his cooking.