Neruda Restaurant in Edwardsville, which marks 12 years in business today, named Gary McNelly as its new head chef. This is McNelly’s second stint running the restaurant’s kitchen; he left in 2007 “on a personal culinary pilgrimage and is returning with a cornucopia of ideas,” according to Neruda’s latest newsletter. McNelly replaces Rick Counts, who took a position at Boeing Co.
This article appears in Aug 1-31, 2009.