Food Friday: Top Chef Champion Joe Flamm Opens New Italian-Croatian Restaurant In West Loop

Chef Joe Flamm blends Croatian and Italian cuisines at his debut West Loop restaurant Rose Mary.

Spiaggia’s Italian gap-year
Courtesy of Spiaggia
Spiaggia’s Italian gap-year
Courtesy of Spiaggia

Food Friday: Top Chef Champion Joe Flamm Opens New Italian-Croatian Restaurant In West Loop

Chef Joe Flamm blends Croatian and Italian cuisines at his debut West Loop restaurant Rose Mary.

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Reset talks to Chef Joe Flamm about his experience winning Top Chef and his debut Italian-Croatian restaurant, Rose Mary, located at 932 W Fulton St. in the West Loop. He previously ran the kitchen at the Michelin-starred Spiaggia, which permanently closed this summer after 37 years.

GUEST: Chef Joe Flamm, owner of Rose Mary