Barolo Grill, the 15-year-old Italian eatery on East Sixth Avenue, is among a star-studded list of restaurants to be inducted into the 2009 Nation’s Restaurant News Fine Dining Hall of Fame.
Barolo — owned by Blair Taylor with a kitchen helmed by Denver’s most unsung chef, Brian Laird — joins illustrious inductees including Blue Ginger in Boston (owned by celebrity chef Ming Tsai), Michael Mina in Las Vegas, Slanted Door in San Francisco and Herbsaint in New Orleans.
“We were stunned and thrilled,” said Taylor, who added that he didn’t know Barolo was even nominated. “I got a FedEx letter (Wednesday) afternoon and sat there and said, ‘Hah, wow.’ I’m truly blessed that I love what I do for a living, and that other people appreciate it makes it that much more lovely.”
Nation’s Restaurant News, based in New York City, is the weekly go-to magazine for the food-service industry.
