He also sees more families in north county throughout the day. The Gardens crowd is вЂњmore price-orientedвЂќ than its West Palm counterpart, he says. This morning, for example, I made crab and shrimp ravioli with a shrimp bisque,вЂќ Gremaud says on a recent day, recounting one of his north county daily specials. вЂњWe canвЂ™t get too out-of-the-box (at the Gardens location). It has brought in a more traditional crowd, one that favors main plates and mainstream. He expected the north county restaurant to hit the same beats as his original location, which draws a вЂњmore foodie clienteleвЂќ that embraces his small-plates focus. He expected to bring some West Palm indie flavor to the Gardens, where diners have welcomed upmarket concepts. Already heвЂ™s noticing differences in their personalities, something thatвЂ™s to be expected.Д«ut Gremaud never expected to find such marked differences in his restaurants.

He and his wife, Tristan Eckert Gremaud, are raising 2 1/2-year-old son Luca and newborn daughter Margaux CГ©line in West Palm Beach. HeвЂ™s also a family man who welcomed his second child just weeks ago. вЂњHis ability to let his personality speak though his food and entertainment says a lot about who he is as a person and a chef.вЂќДЄt 39, Gremaud is a party-loving guy with an adventurous palate and travel tales to match it. вЂњJulienвЂ™s passion for not just food but life and people and experiences really comes out at both restaurants,вЂќ says GremaudвЂ™s friend Jonathan Duerr, a local real estate agent who sometimes hosts special events at Avocado Grill. The restaurants are simply facets of his own personality. Then again, it takes a multifaceted sort like Gremaud to keep two starkly different spots afloat. But the chef who dotes over fresh crudos and pokГ©s, who can glam up an avocado or serve it simply with a sprinkling of salt flakes, has learned that there's more to running twin restaurants than consistency in menu and look.

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