Jesse Mendica Risk, executive chef at Olive + Oak, loves eating out, but as a chef married to another chef (Clover and the Bee and O+O Pizza executive chef Mike Risk), getting to new restaurants can be challenging.
“Since we're just off on Mondays and Wednesdays, when possible, that limits us,” she says. “There's a lot of places that I'd love to go to, but they're open, like, Thursday through Sunday. So, I'll never even know [them].”
Still, the duo does manage to get out, especially to neighborhood spots they can walk to in Webster Groves, where they live and work, as well as places farther afield.
Mendica Risk recently talked to Sauce Magazine about some of her favorite local eateries, how she likes to order, and the menu details that stick with her after a meal is finished.