Spike Mendelsohn

Spike Mendelsohn
Born
Evangelos Spiros Mendelsohn

(1980-12-15) December 15, 1980 (age 43)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
EducationCulinary Institute of America
Culinary career
Current restaurant(s)
    • Good Stuff Eatery (Capitol Hill & Georgetown, Washington, D.C.; Arlington & Reagan National Airport, VA; Chicago, IL; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)
    • We, The Pizza (Capitol Hill & Arlington, VA)
    • Béarnaise (Washington, D.C., closed 2017)
    • Sheppard (Washington, D.C., with Mixologist David Strauss)
    • Morris American Bar (Washington, D.C., with Mixologist David Strauss)
    • Sunny's (Miami, FL)
    • Campton Yard (Miami, FL)
    • Santa Rosa Taqueria (Washington, D.C.)
Previous restaurant(s)
    • Mai house
    • Le Cirque
    • Bouchon
    • Les Crayeres
    • Pepin restaurant
Television show(s)
Award(s) won
    • The Francis Roth Leadership Award[1]
    • Burger Bash 2009[2]
Websitewww.chefspike.com

Evangelos Spiros "Spike" Mendelsohn (born December 15, 1980) is a Washington, D.C.-based chef and restaurateur best known as the fifth-place finisher of the fourth season of Top Chef, which aired 2008–2009.[3] He is the chef and owner of multiple restaurants: Good Stuff Eatery, Santa Rosa Taqueria, and We, The Pizza in Washington, D.C. In the summer of 2017, Mendelsohn closed his restaurant Béarnaise in Washington's Capitol Hill and opened Santa Rosa Taqueria in its place.[4] In 2019, Mendelsohn opened PLNT Burger, a vegan restaurant featuring Beyond Meat, inside Whole Foods Market in Silver Spring, Maryland.[5]

  1. ^ "Dawn Professional Teams With 'Top Chef' Star Spike Mendelsohn to Announce the $20,000 'Make Your Restaurant Shine' Winner" (Press release). P&G. 23 May 2010. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  2. ^ Black, Jane (25 February 2009). "Spike Nails the Burger Bash". The Washington Post. Retrieved 27 February 2014.
  3. ^ Chancey, Blair (1 April 2011). "Boy Wonder: Spike Mendelsohn (page 1)". QSR Magazine. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  4. ^ Sidman, Jessica (14 April 2014). "Spike Mendelsohn Will Close Bearnaise and Open a Taqueria in Its Place". Washingtonian. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
  5. ^ Diegel, Mike (11 September 2019). "PLNT Burger Grand Opening Set for Tomorrow". Source of the Spring. Retrieved 12 September 2019.