{Bradley Hoffmann}
Bar and restaurant Planter’s House has been the talk of the town since it was announced in December last year. While there is still much the ownership group of veteran bartenders – husband and wife Ted and Jamie Kilgore, and their business partner, Ted Charak – have to do to ready the space at 1000 Mississippi Ave., in Lafayette Square, one more item can be crossed off the checklist: a chef.
Bradley Hoffmann has been named executive chef at Planter’s House. Hoffmann comes to the bar and restaurant off the heels of the sudden closing of Salt, where he worked as executive chef since December 2012. (Hoffmann was also among the Sauce Ones to Watch class of 2013.) Hoffmann stated that the Planter’s House menu, still in development, will be “bar-centric,” but there will be options for sit-down dining “where you can still have a really nice meal.”
“We’re pretty excited,” said Ted Kilgore about bringing Hoffmann on board, but admitted, “we have a lot more work to do” before Planter’s House unlocks its doors this fall. An opening date has not been announced.
–Photo by Carmen Troesser
This article appears in July 2013.