Aquarelle's Highs and Lows

From: The Washington Post | Date: October 28, 2005| Author: Eve Zibart | Copyright information

AQUARELLE is the Macbeth of Washington restaurants, and Jean- Louis Palladin is the ghost of Banquo.

It may well be impossible to try to erase the memory of Jean- Louis, whose eponymous restaurant, in the riverfront alcove where Aquarelle now sits, was for two decades not merely the best in the city but one of the most innovative in America. It is surely a thankless position for any chef, although in Aquarelle's time, several have made honorable attempts, notably Robert Wiedmaier of ...

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