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2010_12_bandehuang.jpg"The next level for me is to start branching into other cities with restaurants. Las Vegas comes to mind. Chicago comes to mind. Miami comes to mind. What I do not want to be is someone with 27 restaurants. That means I will never ever manage them properly and be involved with them enough and I'm a very hands-on guy." —Chris Santos, who also explains how he chiseled the Beauty & Essex menu to 50 dishes from 300. [Reuters]

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