"It is a terrible feeling to meet someone who's work is important and you really admire to have them be short and cold to you. Especially when the invorinment is appropriate for these meets. Do I do that?!? I fucking hope not!"
Chef, OwnerIan Boden
Staunton
About Ian Boden
Chef/Owner of The Shack in Staunton, VA. Previously at The Staunton Grocery and Glass Haus Kitchen. Nominated for James Beard Awards’ Best Chef Mid-Atlantic, and the Shack was named one of the Best New Restaurants in the South by Southern Living Magazine. Neither a Yank nor a southern gent, cooking in a town you've never heard of with some Jewish soul.
My Venues
- The Shack
- 105 S Coalter St
- Staunton, VA
Accolades
- 38 Essential Southern RestaurantsEater
- Best New Restaurants in the SouthSouthern Living
- Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic 2-time NomineeJames Beard Foundation
- Rising StarStarChefs.com
Where I Go Out
At My Venues
Yellowtail, Concord grape, benne, yuzu, scallion
"get some..."