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Houston chef Justin Yu dishes on reopening his downtown restaurant Chef Justin Yu. Theodore Rex will once again welcome diners beginning this Sunday, May 23. The restaurant has been on hiatus since February, when chef-owner Justin Yu stepped aside to allow Theodore Rex chef de cuisine Kaitlin Steets to take center stage with her Littlefoot pop-up. Steets, a 2020 James Beard Award semifinalist in the Rising Star Chef of the Year category, earned raves for her French-inspired menu that focused on classic culinary techniques. Reopening Theodore Rex provides a good opportunity to catch up with Yu. During a phone call, the chef, who won a James Beard Best Chef: Southwest award in 2016 for his work at Oxheart, touched on a range of topics, including the changes he’s made to both the restaurant’s space and its menu ahead of the reopening, what he thought about Littlefoot, and why Theodore Rex charges $27 for a plate of dumplings. ....
Kaitlin Steets will launch Littlefoot, a tasting-menu restaurant, in the acclaimed space. By Timothy Malcolm 2/1/2021 at 2:55pm Kaitlin Steets. For Kaitlin Steets, a major star on the rise in the Houston culinary world, the spotlight is about to shine more brightly. The current chef de cuisine at Justin Yu s Theodore Rex, and 2020 James Beard semifinalist for Rising Star Chef, will launch a tasting-menu restaurant called Littlefoot at the very space she cooks today, 1302 Nance St, running from February 13 to April. Theodore Rex will take a three-month sabbatical as Steets shows off her skills in her first solo enterprise. Itâs always been a dream of mine to run my own restaurant, says Steets in a press release. âI m lucky that I get to do my first solo work in a kitchen and a restaurant that I feel so comfortable in. ....
Littlefoot [Official Photo] Theodore Rex Justin Yu’s highly acclaimed restaurant in the warehouse district is taking a temporary hiatus. From now until February 12, the restaurant will be closed in preparation a three month pop-up called Littlefoot by Theodore Rex chef de cuisine Kaitlin Steets. Littlefoot, named after the character in “The Land Before Time,” who comes of age during a world crisis, represents chef Kaitlin Steets’s solo debut and own coming of age of sorts. “I’ve worked with Justin for six years, so it’s foggy between who’s who,” Steets tells Eater. “We tend to lean on similar flavors, so this is a way for me to spend less time cooking his food and just making things much more personal.” ....