At the end of the main dining room, opposite the kitchen, is a framed photo on the wall is a photo that looks, at first glance, like something out of a church or an art history textbook. Thirteen chefs at a long table: Chef Samir Dhurandhar in the center, flanked by friends and colleagues, the people who shaped the city’s dining scene. It’s Dallas’s Last Supper, minus the betrayal.
“I saw something like this in San Miguel,” says Samir. “A photo of all the top chefs in Mexico, just sitting around this long table. And I thought, why can’t we do that?” So he did.
We’re at Nick & Sam’s. The lights are up, and I eye the photo at the opposite end, as the clink of prep echoes from the kitchen. Samir is sitting across from me in a black T-shirt at a white tablecloth table that, in a couple hours, will be covered in steaks, sides and cocktails.
I get a closer look at the photo, taken by Bill Stipp. Sure, it looks like a playful culinary take on The Last Supper. It’s more than a who’s who of Dallas dining — it shows how far the dining scene spreads…