Clyde Common, more than anything, was the downtown destination bar. For 12 years, Jeffrey Morgenthaler ruled over the Clyde cocktail program; he invented drinks there, like the Bourbon Renewal, and spearheaded the barrel-aged cocktail trend before it was cool. It earned the bar James Beard nomination after James Beard nomination for Outstanding Bar Program, as well as boisterous crowds of tourists and regulars on the weekends. But Clyde’s kitchen was nothing to scoff at: Celebrated restaurant figures like Magna owner Carlo Lamagna, Jason Barwikowski of places like Hiyu Wine Farm, and Trifecta Tavern’s Chis DiMinno rolled through the kitchen during its 14-year tenure.
However, after numerous stops and starts
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