Jason Gorman, the chef most Milwaukeeans know from his time at Dream Dance and Iron Horse Hotel, is returning to Wisconsin to Kenosha’s newly remodeled Mangia Wine Bar.
In 2012, Gorman joined Kenosha native Tony Mantuano as executive chef at the Art Institute of Chicago, and now he will continue with him at Mangia (formerly Mangia Trattoria). Mantuano is best known for his Spiaggia restaurant in Chicago.
"We didn’t want to leave in the first place," said Gorman, who plans on moving back to the area soon. "We love Wisconsin."
For Gorman, it’s about running an actual restaurant, which he hasn’t done since 2011 at Dream Dance.
"It will be a fun atmosphere," he said.
Mangia, 5717 Sheridan Rd., is currently undergoing renovations, but Gorman said he will begin there later in the month.
Andy is the president, publisher and founder of OnMilwaukee. He returned to Milwaukee in 1996 after living on the East Coast for nine years, where he wrote for The Dallas Morning News Washington Bureau and worked in the White House Office of Communications. He was also Associate Editor of The GW Hatchet, his college newspaper at The George Washington University.
Before launching OnMilwaukee.com in 1998 at age 23, he worked in public relations for two Milwaukee firms, most of the time daydreaming about starting his own publication.
Hobbies include running when he finds the time, fixing the rust on his '75 MGB, mowing the lawn at his cottage in the Northwoods, and making an annual pilgrimage to Phoenix for Brewers Spring Training.
