Best New Restaurants 2022: The Kitchen
The sisters at the heart of The Kitchen prepare traditional dishes using recipes passed down from their mother, Tram Nguyen. Since opening the rest...
The sisters at the heart of The Kitchen prepare traditional dishes using recipes passed down from their mother, Tram Nguyen. Since opening the restaurant in 2021, co-owners Mary Nguyen and Kristin Liu have stuck to its fast-casual origins by putting a contemporary spin on pan Asian cuisine. The sisters inherited both their business savvy and front-of-house charm from their mother, who was a Vietnamese immigrant and prolific figure in the Florissant community. Vuong and Tram Nguyen founded Chinese Gourmet in Florissant in 1984, and their daughters say Tram was the kind of person who remembered your order even if you weren't a regular customer.