![]() ![]() is the blonde, and Vegas is definitely the redhead. And like sisters, the restaurants are everything alike and nothing alike- Santa Monica is the brunette, Border Grill Downtown L.A. In 1999 they opened Border Grill Las Vegas in the Mandalay Hotel, and in 2010 along came Border Grill Downtown Los Angeles. They moved in 1990 to Border Grill’s current location on 4th Street in Santa Monica. More recently, they had their own television series on the Food Network, “Too Hot Tamales”. In 1986, Great Chefs taped them in their new Border Grill restaurant, preparing two appetizers, Guacamole and Green Corn Tamales with Salsa an entrée, Grilled Turkey Breast, and a dessert of Red Yam Flan, for the PBS television series Great Chefs of the West. When they returned, they opened Border Grill on Melrose Avenue, and applied the same intelligence. Never setting foot in a “fine restaurant”, they learned the recipes and techniques of market vendors and home cooks, from street corners in downtown Mexico City, to back road family barbecues and taco stands along the beach. In 1985, the two of them packed a VW bug and took a road trip far south of the Mexican border. They started out liking country French food, and then became influenced by Indian (after Susan visited India), and finally Mexican cuisine. The two view themselves as a creative unit. In 1982, she went back to Los Angeles, taking Mary Sue with her, to open City Café, first as an employee, and later as a partner. She went on to Chicago, working at the French restaurant Le Perroquet where she met Mary Sue Milliken. Susan Feniger graduated from the Culinary Institute in 1975 and went to work at Ma Maison in Los Angeles. Virginia Washington DC Area, White Post, Williamsburg Texas Austin, Bryan, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio South Carolina Beaufort, Charleston, Greenville, Pawleys Island New York New York City Area Astoria New Paltz New Jersey Atlantic City, Princeton Area, Cherry Hill North Carolina Asheville, Charlotte, Cashiers, Durham, Highlands, Southern Pines, Wilmington Mississippi Biloxi, Jackson, Natchez, Oxford, Waveland Massachusetts Boston Area, Brewster, Cape Cod, Hattfield, Lenox, Marblehead, New Marlborough, Sandwhich Springfield Louisiana Lafayette Area, New Orleans Area Hawaii Big Island Area, Honolulu, Maui Area, Kiawah Island California La Quinta, Los Angeles Area, Palm Springs, San Diego, San Francisco Area, St Helena, Santa Monicaįlorida Amelia Island, Fort Meyers Area, Grayton Beach, Islamorada, Jacksonville, Miami Area, Naples, Orlando Area, Palm Beach, Pensacola, Santa Rosa, Tallahassee, Tampa ![]()
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