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In the Bahamas, he was the executive chef at Albany, a luxury resort that Woods and fellow pro golfer Ernie Els co-own.
Pataran is well known for turning out stellar Asian cuisine at Monsoon in downtown Toronto and Wildfire at Taboo Resort in Muskoka. “I’ve been coming to the El Mo since I was 18, when I snuck in the door like everybody else,” Pataran said. The establishment obtained a licence last year for a rooftop patio, which could open in 2014. The idea is for a gastropub to take up the first floor and a fine-dining establishment to occupy the second. So, we thought it would be a really cool idea to bring that to Toronto, and to do it at the El Mo is just fantastic.”Īfter Canadian Music Week, which wraps up on Sunday, Pataran said the El Mo would go through a renovation until it re-opens in the fall with three levels of dining. “New York, London, Los Angeles all have done it. It’s always had good music venues, but the quality of the food just wasn’t there,” Pataran said on Tuesday night as he set up a pop-up taco stand at the back of the main floor of the El Mo. “Toronto doesn’t have anything like this. Michael Pataran, who has cooked at the esteemed James Beard House in New York and for a resort in the Bahamas co-owned by Tiger Woods, is part of a group that has purchased the venerable El Mocambo and is turning it into what he says Toronto needs: A place where rockers and chefs combine their talents to create sweet music. Soon, it will also be the site of a multi-tiered restaurant headed by one of Canada’s most acclaimed chefs. TORONTO, ONTARIO - Torontonians know the El Mocambo as a venue for wicked fun and historic music performances. The El Mocambo will close after Canadian Music Week ends and then undergo a months-long renovation before re-opening as a venue for fine food and music, its chef says.
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