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GT Fish & Oyster: A Balancing Act of Traditional and Modern Seafood in Chicago
In the five years Chicago’s GT Fish & Oyster has been open, they’ve
sold roughly 1.5 million oysters. Of the concept, the restaurant’s
chef and partner, Giuseppe Tentori, says it was, at first, a
challenge. “Five years ago, there were not too many seafood
restaurants — it was like fine dining or super casual.”
And while Chicago may be inland, Tentori says fish is being
flown into the Windy City every day. “It’s beautiful, too.
Sometimes they save the best fish for the big cities because we pay
the prime price.”
Tentori went to culinary school in Milan, and, after working for
four years, moved to Chicago to work for Chef Gabriel Viti. Tentori
headed off to Utah for three years after that to open a restaurant
called Metropolitan, then studied with Charlie Trotter for about
nine years, and in 2007, he started working for the Chicago-based
Boka Restaurant Group, which owns GT Fish & Oyster.
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By Foodable TVIn the five years Chicago’s GT Fish & Oyster has been open, they’ve
sold roughly 1.5 million oysters. Of the concept, the restaurant’s
chef and partner, Giuseppe Tentori, says it was, at first, a
challenge. “Five years ago, there were not too many seafood
restaurants — it was like fine dining or super casual.”
And while Chicago may be inland, Tentori says fish is being
flown into the Windy City every day. “It’s beautiful, too.
Sometimes they save the best fish for the big cities because we pay
the prime price.”
Tentori went to culinary school in Milan, and, after working for
four years, moved to Chicago to work for Chef Gabriel Viti. Tentori
headed off to Utah for three years after that to open a restaurant
called Metropolitan, then studied with Charlie Trotter for about
nine years, and in 2007, he started working for the Chicago-based
Boka Restaurant Group, which owns GT Fish & Oyster.