“Some chefs merely cook. Others generate a special brand of excitement that somehow becomes part of the food. Douglas Rodriguez is one of these....Mr. Rodriguez knows how to put on a show.... he brought a highly distinctive brand of Latin to Manhattan, a sexy, seductive reinterpretation of South and Central American Cuisines that managed to be sophisticated, exotic and fun all at once.” William Grimes, New York Times
“(Doug Rodriguez is) one of the most exhilarating and untrickily inventive, firm-handshaking, twinkly eyed chefs to embrace this city in the past decade.” Hal Rubenstein, New York Magazine