Subject: Michael Gilligan

• Michael Vick is NOT Inhumane

  August 22, 2007

• Having Seconds

  April 19, 2007

• Chef Gilligan Goes To The W

  Michael Gilligan has left his executive chef position at Atrio/Level 25 at the Conrad Hotel to become executive chef at the W Hotel in South  Beach. Besides managing culinary affairs for the property in general, Gilligan will be overseeing Solea, the condo hotel restaurant described as "Mediterranean with strong Spanish influences". The W will also host, as a separate entity, the acclaimed Mr. Chow, which in 1974 premiered in Beverly HIlls and has since sizzled its' way into New York, Londo

  April 27, 2009

• New Conrad Miami Executive Chef Jonathan McCann Holds "Taste Above All Else" for Re-Launch of Atrio Restaurant & Wine Bar

  Conrad MiamiNew logo, new menu and concept​Conrad Miami is no longer chefless. Executive Chef Jonathan McCann fills the four month void at its signature restaurant Atrio, since Michael Gilligan exited in the spring to join the W Hotel South Beach. McCann now oversees the Brickell luxury hotel's in-room dining, business functions, The Bar, and Atrio, which will officially re-launch as a "Restaurant & Wine Bar" in September 1 for the second month of Miami Spice. The new ingredient-driven new

  August 5, 2009

• Solea at the W South Beach serves tasty but uneven fare

  October 1, 2009

• Catching Up: Hello Eater Miami, Vidal at Soleá, and Beaujolais; Goodbye Bancroft

  ​Eater GreeterWhile I was away, Lesley Abravanel and Eater Miami gracefully traipsed into our incestuous little food blog world. So far it has been an interesting and visually arresting blog, a bit of original snark sandwiched between the sort of local linking that South Florida Menu Pages Blog used to do. South Florida Menu Pages Blog of course closed down some time ago due to a stupifyingly poor name. Eater Miami is a lot catchier, and allow me to be the last to welcome it and Ms. Abravanel

  November 16, 2009