Chef Eric Greenspan, the seasoned L.A. restaurateur who often materializes on the food TV circuit, has debuted Mish, his modern update on the classic Jewish deli in Mid City. “I’ve always been jealous of chefs who’ve explored their own personal culinary memories as children and their own family culinary traditions,” says the James Beard Foundation finalist. “I’ve never done that in my career — until now.”
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Greenspan has cooked under the likes of Alain Ducasse, Ferran Adria and Joachim Splichal. He’s also been a disciple since childhood of delicatessens. Or, as he puts it, “a student of the game,” studying during pilgrimages to the likes of Katz’s in Manhattan. But, Greenspan insists, they’re a genre in need of an overhaul for the appetites of younger generations. “I’m cooking for 20-, 30- and 40-year-olds and their kids — not 60-, 70- and 80-year-olds.”…