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Garces Goes West For His Next Project

Go West, young man.
Go West, young man. Photo: Collin Keefe

The Insider reports this morning that Jose Garces’ next move will be to Arizona. There the Iron Chef will open a clone of his popular University City Mexican spot, Distrito, as well as a Western style bar dubbed The Saloon, a Garces Trading Company coffee shop, and assume all other food and beverage operations at the Drinkwater, a new hotel coming to Scottsdale’s Old Town. According to the Sydell Group’s website (Drinkwater’s parent company), an opening is slated for later this year. So which do think will come first: Garces’ Western Expansion or the forever-on-hold Frohmans Wursthaus? [Insider]
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Garces Goes West For His Next Project