Still, he loved the place and most of all, he loved being part of a team. “It was like a bootcamp,” Dudley recalls, explaining everyone did everything, from dishwasher to cook. His first job was at Giovanni’s Pizza, a family place in Fullerton that is now a sit-down restaurant but specialized in over-the-counter when Dudley worked there. When Dad told his 15-year-old son to get a job, his son was quick to comply. His son, however, struggled in school.īut it wasn’t hard work that bothered Dudley. When veteran and son moved to Orange County, accommodations were so spare Dudley recalls sleeping on the couch.īut his father, Paul Dudley, soon found work with the city of Fullerton and thrived working in development services. Finding his footingĭad was in the Air Force, met Mom in Hawaii and ended up raising his son solo.
It’s a perfect touch as Dudley reveals his journey of adversity that began almost from the cradle. Nagel smartly points out that being disconnected makes “for an evening filled with uninterrupted conversation.” restaurant inducted into Barons de Rothschild Ambassadors of Excellence Club) is that below ground most cellphones don’t work. Still, one of my favorite things about the award-winning Cellar ( first and only U.S. The drink is cold, sweet, delicious and, well, pretty with a rose petal floating on the surface. I try something called “The Cuff,” as in off the cuff because it’s whatever the bartender is in the mood for making. “The intimate restaurant has a relaxed vibe and hauntingly great cocktails made by talented bartenders.”ĭudley allows there are three secrets to the perfect cocktail: Only use glass (and that definitely nixes plastic swizzle sticks), chip off ice from crystal-clear blocks (it’s more pure and melts more slowly), make your own syrups from scratch.Īmong nearly 20 drinks listed on the menu, there are some things old, such as an “Original Manhattan,” with rye whiskey, sweet vermouth blend, absinthe and Boker’s Bitters and there are some things new, such as “Always Tomorrow,” a combination of bourbon, hazelnut, cream sherry, Amaro Meletti, Amaro Montenegro and Amaro Lucano. OC Weekly critic Greg Nagel calls The Cellar a primo place for date night.
Actor John Wayne is said to have had a favorite table here, and it has long been rumored that at a certain private booth Richard Burton proposed to Elizabeth Taylor - the second time.
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