The old ice plant on East Clarendon Drive has a restaurant again, and it comes with a chef Oak Cliff already knows well.
Barro y Fuego is now serving in Suite 100 of East Dock, the restored industrial complex at 900 E. Clarendon Dr. The name means “clay and fire,” and the kitchen belongs to Eric Spigner, who spent eight years cooking at Nova in Oak Cliff before winning Food Network’s Chopped.
Spigner is self-taught, and his partner here is Robert Ramirez, the Nova co-owner he worked alongside all those years. The two had talked for a long time about opening something of their own. This is it…