A Quickie With Chef Clay Conley
He's making miracle(s) come true on Miracle Mile….
A few weeks back, I published a story about how I would never eat a hot dog in public. Catching myself in a royal fib - perhaps what I should have said was that I would never eat a hot dog in public unless it came from Buccan.
For years, whenever I found myself in Palm Beach, I made a beeline for what I considered the area’s most outstanding restaurant. And what was I ordering? Chef Clay Conley’s legendary Panini hot dog. Not one, but two portions….
So when I interviewed him this past week, I nearly had a coronary when he told me he had almost left the gruyere and sour kraut explosion off the menu at his newest location in Coral Gables. Fortunately for the rest of us, that idea never made it very far.
If you’re “Old Miami,” chances are you remember Azul at the Mandarin Oriental on Brickell Key. Around 2005, it was arguably the hottest restaurant in South Florida. Then, its Executive Chef Clay Conley made the decision to leave the 305 for the 561, where …
