Ex-Chef From The Cellar To Open Restaurant in Anaheim

Edwin Goei • OC Weekly • January 19, 2012
David Kesler spent almost a decade inside The Cellar in Fullerton as its executive chef. Now he's on his own and on the verge of opening Bistro Bleu, a French restaurant he says will be “without the high prices, sub-par food, and pompous...
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