First Taste: Cork brings ambitious small-plates menu to Chandler
Saturday, April 5th, 2008 by Jess Harter
The south East Valley’s appetite for fine dining is a little like the Lost Dutchman’s Mine: There are some tantalizing clues it might exist, but no one’s been able to find it so far.
Robert and Danielle Morris hope to change that. The couple have just opened Cork, an ambitious small-plates restaurant and wine bar, near their home in the upscale Ocotillo neighborhood of south Chandler.
The Morrises certainly are well-trained for the venture. He was a sommelier and general manager at Lon’s, where she was a pastry chef. Their executive chef, Brian Peterson, also hails from that distinguished Paradise Valley restaurant.