Brian Dunsmoor’s namesake restaurant, Dunsmoor, is the latest iteration of his ongoing exploration of American heritage cooking. It is, first and foremost, a restaurant for the community that surrounds it, and a loving expression of the relentless research that has informed his cooking for the last ten years.
Brian’s deep dive into the culinary legacy of America is filtered through the lens of a bike-riding, history-obsessed, pool-playing chef making a life in the heart of California’s produce cornucopia. Though Brian’s cooking will always be anchored to his Southern roots, he continues to unravel America’s intertwined food histories and regional fare, reweaving it back into his own story.
The ‘Bill of Fare’ at Dunsmoor is centered around the room’s expansive hearth and wood oven, a nod to Brian’s emphasis on age-old techniques and tools; a vast majority of the food is made entirely by hand and cooked over live fire, using ingredients sourced from some of the country’s best farmers, ranchers, and artisans.