Gemini's out this week, but Al and Rich are together with reports from Vegas and Chicago, some opinions on The Bear, a bit of news, a Chef Joe Valdez interview we forgot to run last week, and a few longer-form interviews. Rich bumped into a food TV star filming in Chicago. Al dined at Bobby Flay's newest spot, Brasserie B by Bobby Flay – where he was reunited with a true old-school FOH pro, back in Vegas to work there. And that reunion led to the first of the two longer-form interviews.

At the center of the show, Al gets the lowdown on a pair of restaurants mingling French and Spanish influences. First, he sits down with Ed Tracy and Chef Candace Ochoa in the private dining room of Brasserie B by Bobby Flay. From there, he heads to the PDR of Anima by EDO, where partners Robert Liendo and Joseph Mikulich about their forthcoming THIRD venture with Chef Oscar Amador: Braseria.

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