The recent and unexpected departure of Executive Chef David Landrigan from Circa 1875 left a big toque to fill in the kitchen of the downtown French restaurant.
“We wish him well,” Jeffrey Downey said of the chef who was there from the first day, 10 years ago when co-owners Downey and Donald Lubowicki decided to develop their authentic French bar into a true brasserie-bistro.
“We didn’t see it coming,” Downey said.
So it goes, especially during this past year of unforeseen life challenges and untoward hardships in the restaurant industry.
Fortunately, an apt heir was already at Circa, and familiar face Ja’Derrick Reed now has executive chef embroidered on his chef’s coat.
Or is it gone already? Last Friday, Emil who delivers the Grand Targhee telephone ski report could barely contain himself. Eighteen inches plus at Grand Targhee. Imagine what will happen
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Grand Targhee Resort cancels summer music festivals in light of COVID
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Grand Targhee Resort has cancelled their summer music festivals for the 2021 season. | Courtesy Grand Targhee Resort
DRIGGS Grand Targhee Resort has made the early decision to cancel both their summer music concerts for the 2021 season based on the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Targhee Marketing Director Jennie White said Wednesday afternoon that the resort wanted to “play it safe” in light of new COVID-19 virus strains emerging and the pace of the vaccine rollout.
“We’re playing it safe and not playing into large crowds,” White said. “I think it is the responsible thing to do this summer where we are now living in the world of COVID.
After public pushback, Grand Targhee pulls cat skiing from its expansion plan
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Boxed in by Mary’s Nipple and the north side of Peaked Mountain, a skier slides down the trail toward the base of Grand Targhee Resort this year. | Jeannette Boner
DRIGGS Grand Targhee Resort officials have formally asked the Caribou – Targhee National Forest to eliminate the proposed snowcat skiing from the South Bowl expansion proposal.
This move comes on the heels of public pushback to the idea of expanding snowcat skiing off of Peaked Mountain and extending it down into the Teton Canyon area prior to the potential construction of new lifts.