Gone from the sixth floor, Cuisine moves down to main level of the Main Building. This week, they slowly opened up to the public, making everyone’s senses explode through unique flavors.Those who were in attendance on Thursday, September 13, got to sample items from Sushi with Wasabi and Ginger to Spicy Cantaloupe on a stick. Cuisine Restaurant is now open for business. Culinary Instructor Robert Barton was pleased to share in the success of the soft opening of the Cuisine Restaurant now located on the lower level of the M Building of MATC Downtown Campus. Barton stated, “We are pleased to announce that customers can make reservations to sit in the kitchen at the ‘Chef’s Table’, which seats seven people, while watching as the chefs prepare your meal right in front of you.” 

This is great for private parties and enhances your knowledge on the behind-the-scenes at a five-star restaurant. Cuisine is equipped with numerous monitors in the kitchen. At the various cooking stations, in the main dining room, customers can view the same monitors from their seats.”Customers would be glad to know we have an Italian gelato machine,” Barton continued as he pointed out areas in the kitchen.Cuisine staff members were pleased with the overall look of the front and back end of the restaurant.  

As guests walked along the path in the kitchen, students prepared and served the food for guests such as: Dr. Michael Burke, President of MATC; Dr. Richard Busalacchi, Associate Dean of Hospitality Programs and School of Media and Creative Arts; Sarah Adams, Registrar of Student Services; Tracey Keys, Manager of Student Services, just to name a few of the guests that took time to indulge in culinary greatness to prepare for this Open House. 

Cuisine will undergo more renovations in the coming months, mostly exterior in preparation for outdoor seating. Kathleen Thompson, Culinary Arts instructor expanded by saying, “We will have outdoor seating for an approximate capacity of forty people.  There will also be wheelchair accessibility and lush landscaping surrounding the patio.”  

Cuisine has glass windows throughout the restaurant; they want to be able to attract customers from the street, as well as those in the hall of the building. “We want to have people say ‘Ooh, let’s see what’s going in here’ or ‘let’s try something new here today,'” says Thompson. Keys went on record to say, “Beautiful restaurant, excellent food, the spicy cantaloupe was my favorite and this is a lovely restaurant.” 

Cuisine is open to the public, but you must make a reservation by calling 414-297-6697 or by using the online Open Table reservation system. It’s truly a tempting and tantalizing experience for your taste buds.

(Darin Dubinsky/Times)

(Darin Dubinsky/Times)