Certainly one of San Antonio’s most celebrated cooks of latest years, Jennifer Dobbertin of Greatest High quality Daughter, is opening a brand new cocktail bar at Pearl. Referred to as Jue Let, it’s going to take over the area the place Blue Field Bar was someday this 12 months.
It is named after the Cantonese chef Jue Let, who labored as a non-public chef for the James Beard household; James Beard later established the James Beard Basis celebrating the culinary arts. And at last, all of it made it again to Dobbertin, who’s at the moment a James Beard Award semifinalist, as she was in 2024.
“It was Jue Let who launched younger Beard to Chinese language delicacies, shaping his palate and trajectory as a culinary icon,” stated Dobbertin in a press launch. “Jue Let was a surrogate father determine to James Beard and he left an enduring impression on him, in addition to a lifelong appreciation of contemporary, seasonal substances and Chinese language tradition.”
The inside at Jue Let shall be designed by Lake|Flato, which additionally designed the whimsical, however stylish inside of Greatest High quality Daughter. The by strains do not cease there: Greatest High quality Daughter’s bar program creator Lis Forsythe would be the beverage director, and the overall supervisor, Daniel Perez, will keep in that function whereas additionally serving as director of operations on the new restaurant.
There’s not a lot details about the menu but, besides that will probably be “concise,” that includes small plates and bar snacks.
“I’ve been dreaming up my subsequent idea at Pearl for the previous couple of years, and I’m so excited to lastly share it with the world,” stated Dobbertin. “I’m grateful for the unimaginable crew at Greatest High quality Daughter for his or her assist and dedication as we proceed to develop in San Antonio’s hospitality scene. We’re desperate to unveil extra particulars of our new idea when the time is true. Till then, please keep tuned for this thrilling new chapter.”
