Holland-Toll: No longer on boardWeeks before a planned relaunch built around a casual, value-driven concept, the Larkspur restaurant formerly known as the Lark Creek Inn has lost its executive chef. In an email, Erica Holland-Toll didn't indicate why she stepped down, and told SFoodie her future plans are uncertain, but that leaving Lark Creek was a "tough decision," adding, "I loved Lark Creek and everyone was so supportive of me." As of this morning, Holland-Toll was still described on the Lar
Erica Holland-TollErica Holland-Toll has picked up the chef's clipboard at Ducca (50 Third St. at Mission), taking over from Richard Corbo. Holland-Toll's last gig was at Lark Creek Inn in Larkspur, which closed in April before a major overhaul (it opened earlier this month as the Tavern at Lark Creek).
Holland-Toll joined Lark Creek as executive chef in August 2007. She previously worked under Jan Birnbaum at the now-defunct Catahoula in Calistoga, and in S.F. at Fifth Floor and Acme Chophous
C. NewtonChad Newton: Wants Gordon to keep yelling.Growing up in Mountain View, Chad Newton got a taste of restaurant glory via family trips to Stars, Jeremiah Tower's watershed Cali brasserie. "I used to always gravitate toward the regular menu, not the kid's menu," Newton said. He graduated from the Restaurant Management program at S.F. State, and in 2001 scored a front of the house job as food runner at Postrio during the reign of Steven and Mitchell Rosenthal (now the forces behind To
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