Siblings Rosemary Walker-Greene and Russell Walker are opening Walkers’ at 3016 Greenville Avenue on June 19, and the concept is worth paying attention to before the neighborhood discovers it for itself.
Rosemary is an Advanced Sommelier with the Court of Master Sommeliers — a credential that requires years of structured study and a pass rate that hovers around 30 percent — and she spent time at The NoMad in New York, the Rustic Canyon family of restaurants in Los Angeles, and Carbone in Dallas. Russell built a wood flooring company serving the luxury design and architecture industry before deciding a restaurant made more sense. Together they have put together a dual-concept space: a market and sandwich counter that runs from 11 a.m. and a proper dinner restaurant that opens at 5 p.m. The same room does both, and the transition from one to the other is part of the idea.
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