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Monday - Thursday
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Friday
5:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Saturday
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sunday
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Sanford D'Amato
Graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 1974, and stayed
on for a one year fellowship in the Escoffier Room. He then worked
in various New York City restaurants throughout the 70's. In 1980,
he returned home to Milwaukee's John Byron's Restaurant where he
received national attention in 1985 Food and Wine magazine as one of
the top 25 "Hot New Chefs", and touted as "One of the finest seafood
chefs in the country" in 1998 Bon Appetit feature article. In 1988,
he was selected as one of 12 national finalists in the American
Culinary Gold Cup, Bocuse D'or. He also competed in the 1988 and
1989 American Seafood Challenge and received one of two gold medals
awarded in 1989 and took third place overall. In December of 1989,
Sanford and his wife Angela opened Sanford Restaurant in the former
site of his father and grandfathers grocery store. It has since
received accolades locally and nationally in Food and Wine, Bon
Appetit, Wine Spectator 1990 - 1999 Award of Excellence, Milwaukee
Magazine, Chicago Tribune, New York Times and Esquire magazine as
one of 1990's best new restaurants. In November of 1992, Sanford was
one of 12 chefs in the nation to be personally chosen by Julia Child
to cook for her 80th Birthday Celebration in her hometown Boston.
Sanford has made television appearances on feature programs such as
Dining Around on The TV Food Network, Great Chefs/Great Cities, PBS
Julia Child Special, America's Rising Star Chefs and Always in Good
Taste with Willard Romantini. In 1994, Sanford Restaurant was
awarded the Fine Dining Hall of Fame award by Nation's Restaurant
News and the DiRONA (Distinguished Restaurants of North America)
Award and are 1995 recipients of the Ivy Award from Restaurants and
Institutions Magazine. Sanford has also consistently received the
AAA - Four Diamond Award and the Four-Star award from Mobil Travel
Guide. After being nominated for six consecutive years by the James
Beard Foundation, Sanford won the Perrier Jouet Best Chef Midwest
award in April of 1996. In February of 1999, Sanford and Angela
opened their second restaurant, Coquette Cafe, in the Historic Third
Ward in Milwaukee.
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Sanford Recipes
Culinary Classes
Chef Bios
Sample Menu
Photo Gallery
View
Sandy D'Amato's weekly column and recipe in the Milwaukee Journal
Sentinel Sunday Entree Section,
The
Kitchen Technician
Coquette Cafe
Harlequin Bakery
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