Rockwall Restaurant Update

Is reporting on Rockwall going to be an hourly thing? Suddenly my inbox is all-Rockwall. Here comes another—Blue Canyon Kitchen, Tavern, and Wine Bar which will open in “early 2008” at the The Harbor development at Lake Ray Hubbard. Exec chef Brandt Evans, who delights in playing bongos during his on-stage food demos, is the force behind the “Creative American Cooking” concept which comes to Rockwall from Ohio. The menu is…drum roll please…upscale comfort foods with twists and turns like braised beef short ribs with a smoked Gouda soft polenta and cowboy beef rib-eye with smoked blue cheese maple butter. Yikes, look out Mr. Fearing, Evans, former Charlie Palmer sous chef, is coming at you with his own version of lobster nachos. (Is it just me or should lobster nachos go into the bad food cross dressing category?) Anywhoo, at least the food will have a view of something other than a parking lot. Evans must be doing something good, he’s partnered the salutatorian of his own class at the Culinary Institute of America Bob Voelker and Gateway Hospitality Group, which in addition to the original location in Ohio, has locations in Kalispell and Missoula, Montana. Rockwall on.