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Luna left Atlanta in late 2002, and worked as a chef in Canada,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bostock |first1=Cliff |title=Eating in all directions |url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-174338-eating-in-all-directions |website=[[Creative Loafing]] |access-date=February 18, 2024 |date=September 18, 2002}}</ref> Washington, D.C.,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sietsema |first1=Tom |title=The Weekly Dish |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/food/2005/03/02/the-weekly-dish/3d38968e-b1a1-4efa-88b1-8f87a89c7b81/ |access-date=February 11, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 1, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sietsema |first1=Tom |title=Taking Some Heat |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/food/2005/06/22/taking-some-heat-novice-chef/29fcf6a9-39dd-4870-9719-e17a4e1957fb/ |access-date=February 11, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 21, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sietsema |first1=Tom |title=Food Moods |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/2005/10/16/food-moods/5af1149f-59de-4c07-8062-9e7afece7f2e/ |access-date=February 18, 2024 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 15, 2005}}</ref> Hawaii,<ref name="Gayot 2010">{{cite web |title=Hawaii Restaurant News Archive |url=https://www.gayot.com/restaurants/hawaiinews_archive.html |website=[[Gayot]] |access-date=February 11, 2024 |date=November 16, 2010}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite book |last1=Cabasin |first1=Linda |last2=Wang |first2=Amy |title=Fodor's Maui 2009 |date=2008 |publisher=[[Fodor's Travel Publications]] |page=203 |isbn=978-1-4000-1945-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ncTSIgceVc0C&pg=PA203}}</ref> and California.<ref name="Il Fornaio"/>
Luna left Atlanta in late 2002, and worked as a chef in Canada,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bostock |first1=Cliff |title=Eating in all directions |url=https://creativeloafing.com/content-174338-eating-in-all-directions |website=[[Creative Loafing]] |access-date=February 18, 2024 |date=September 18, 2002}}</ref> Washington, D.C.,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sietsema |first1=Tom |title=The Weekly Dish |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/food/2005/03/02/the-weekly-dish/3d38968e-b1a1-4efa-88b1-8f87a89c7b81/ |access-date=February 11, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 1, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sietsema |first1=Tom |title=Taking Some Heat |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/food/2005/06/22/taking-some-heat-novice-chef/29fcf6a9-39dd-4870-9719-e17a4e1957fb/ |access-date=February 11, 2024 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=June 21, 2005}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sietsema |first1=Tom |title=Food Moods |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/2005/10/16/food-moods/5af1149f-59de-4c07-8062-9e7afece7f2e/ |access-date=February 18, 2024 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=October 15, 2005}}</ref> Hawaii,<ref name="Gayot 2010">{{cite web |title=Hawaii Restaurant News Archive |url=https://www.gayot.com/restaurants/hawaiinews_archive.html |website=[[Gayot]] |access-date=February 11, 2024 |date=November 16, 2010}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite book |last1=Cabasin |first1=Linda |last2=Wang |first2=Amy |title=Fodor's Maui 2009 |date=2008 |publisher=[[Fodor's Travel Publications]] |page=203 |isbn=978-1-4000-1945-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ncTSIgceVc0C&pg=PA203}}</ref> and California.<ref name="Il Fornaio"/>


He returned to Atlanta in 2009, and opened Lunacy Black Market.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.atlantamagazine.com/article/culinary-character-paul-luna1/|title=Culinary Character: Paul Luna|first=Christiane|last=Lauterbach|date=April 1, 2011}}</ref>
He returned to Atlanta in 2009, and opened Lunacy Black Market.<ref name="Culinary Character"/>


In 2009, Luna wrote and published a bilingual children’s book, ''Luna Needs a Miracle! ¡Luna Necesita un Milagro!''<ref name="Il Fornaio">{{cite news |last1=Pizarro |first1=Sal |title=Il Fornaio chef Paul Luna cooks up a children's book |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/08/13/pizarro-il-fornaio-chef-paul-luna-cooks-up-a-childrens-book/ |access-date=February 15, 2024 |work=[[The Mercury News]] |date=August 13, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Four Seasons Atlanta"><ref name="Four Seasons Atlanta">{{cite web |title=Hotel News |url=https://press.fourseasons.com/atlanta/hotel-news/chef-paul-luna-and-park-75-s-chef-robert-gerstenecker-collaborate-to-cook-up-some-fun-in-atlanta/ |website=FourSeasons.com |publisher=[[Four Seasons Atlanta]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308174519/https://press.fourseasons.com/atlanta/hotel-news/chef-paul-luna-and-park-75-s-chef-robert-gerstenecker-collaborate-to-cook-up-some-fun-in-atlanta/ |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |format=press release |date=September 25, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2009, Luna wrote and published a bilingual children’s book, ''Luna Needs a Miracle! ¡Luna Necesita un Milagro!''<ref name="Il Fornaio">{{cite news |last1=Pizarro |first1=Sal |title=Il Fornaio chef Paul Luna cooks up a children's book |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2009/08/13/pizarro-il-fornaio-chef-paul-luna-cooks-up-a-childrens-book/ |access-date=February 15, 2024 |work=[[The Mercury News]] |date=August 13, 2009}}</ref><ref name="Four Seasons Atlanta"><ref name="Four Seasons Atlanta">{{cite web |title=Hotel News |url=https://press.fourseasons.com/atlanta/hotel-news/chef-paul-luna-and-park-75-s-chef-robert-gerstenecker-collaborate-to-cook-up-some-fun-in-atlanta/ |website=FourSeasons.com |publisher=[[Four Seasons Atlanta]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308174519/https://press.fourseasons.com/atlanta/hotel-news/chef-paul-luna-and-park-75-s-chef-robert-gerstenecker-collaborate-to-cook-up-some-fun-in-atlanta/ |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |format=press release |date=September 25, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

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Paul Luna (born c. 1966)[1] is a Dominican-American chef, restaurateur, author, and political activist. In Atlanta during the 1990s he opened and operated a number of successful restaurants, including Luna Sí, Eclipse di Luna, and Loca Luna. In 2009 he opened a training kitchen for refugee women, Lunacy Black Market, in downtown Atlanta.[1]

Early life

Luna was born circa 1966[1] in the Dominican Republic, to middle-class parents.[2] He was one of 13 siblings.[2] He is of Italian and Spanish heritage.[3]

Career

Luna moved to Atlanta in 1992 and opened Bice, a Milan-based, upscale Italian restaurant chain.[2][4]

In 1993 he opened his own first restaurant, Luna Sí, on Peachtree Road.[5]

He was a controversial figure on the Atlanta restaurant scene in the 1990s, often critical of local trendiness and faddish tastes.[6] He introduced European, Mediterranean, and South American cuisine through his restaurants Luna Sí, Eclipse di Luna (opened in 1997),[7] and Loca Luna (opened in 1999),[8] and was widely known as a "bad boy" who ruled his dining room impetuously, sometimes staging impromptu striptease dances to amuse and shock patrons.[4]

Luna left Atlanta in late 2002, and worked as a chef in Canada,[9] Washington, D.C.,[10][11][12] Hawaii,[13][14] and California.[15]

He returned to Atlanta in 2009, and opened Lunacy Black Market.[2]

In 2009, Luna wrote and published a bilingual children’s book, Luna Needs a Miracle! ¡Luna Necesita un Milagro![15]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

Advocacy and philanthropy

Luna advocated small businesses run by mixed-income, multi-national owners as the way to rejuvenate Atlanta's historic downtown area. "We're still segregated," he says. "All my white customers think, downtown: black. Period."[1]

Luna's tenure with Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, Hawaii[13][14] gave him the opportunity to lead cooking classes for children through the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Maui program.[16]

In 2009 he opened a training kitchen for refugee women, Lunacy Black Market,[1] a low-cost restaurant in downtown Atlanta.[17] He worked with BryAnn Chen, executive director of Refugee Women's Network, to identify appropriate candidates for employment in this restaurant.[1] It closed in 2014, a year after Luna moved to Switzerland.[18]

Beginning in 2010, Luna occasionally declared for a few years that he would run for mayor of Atlanta.[1][19][20]

Personal life

Luna is married to Cynthia T. Luna.[21] After she moved to Switzerland, Luna moved there as well in 2013 to be with her.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Peisner, Lynn (May 18, 2010). "Paul Luna pioneers downtown dinnertable politics". The Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d Lauterbach, Christiane (April 1, 2011). "Culinary Character: Paul Luna". Atlanta. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  3. ^ Kessler, John (April 15, 2011). "Food from the heart". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. pp. D1, D4. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Bostock, Cliff (May 8, 2002). "The mystique of Paul Luna". Creative Loafing. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  5. ^ Kaupman, Gary (May 20, 1993). "Eat" (PDF). Southern Voice. pp. 25–26. Retrieved February 15, 2024. (p. 26)
  6. ^ Eldredge, Richard (January 7, 2010). "Chef Paul Luna Returns to Dabble in Downtown Black Market Lunacy". Atlanta. Archived from the original (blog) on March 23, 2010.
  7. ^ McKibben, Beth (October 26, 2021). "Restaurant Prepares to Spice Up Alpharetta Development With Paella, Sangria, and Salsa Dancing". Eater. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
  8. ^ Innovative Restaurant Concepts, Volumes 3-4. Ecklein Communications. 1999. p. 9.
  9. ^ Bostock, Cliff (September 18, 2002). "Eating in all directions". Creative Loafing. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  10. ^ Sietsema, Tom (March 1, 2005). "The Weekly Dish". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  11. ^ Sietsema, Tom (June 21, 2005). "Taking Some Heat". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  12. ^ Sietsema, Tom (October 15, 2005). "Food Moods". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
  13. ^ a b "Hawaii Restaurant News Archive". Gayot. November 16, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  14. ^ a b Cabasin, Linda; Wang, Amy (2008). Fodor's Maui 2009. Fodor's Travel Publications. p. 203. ISBN 978-1-4000-1945-8.
  15. ^ a b Pizarro, Sal (August 13, 2009). "Il Fornaio chef Paul Luna cooks up a children's book". The Mercury News. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  16. ^ "Big Brothers Big Sisters Has a 'Private Chef'". ChefLuna.com. The Maui News. September 30, 2007. Archived from the original on September 5, 2008.
  17. ^ "Lunacy Black Market". Atlanta. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  18. ^ Townsend, Bob (October 20, 2014). "Lunacy Black Market Closed". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  19. ^ Endolyn, Osayi (October 30, 2012). "Paul Luna stirs up guisados, runs for mayor". Atlanta. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  20. ^ Chopra, Sonia (January 4, 2013). "Paul Luna for Mayor?". Eater Atlanta. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  21. ^ Spivak, Caleb J. (October 15, 2014). "Lunacy Black Market Shutters". What Now Atlanta. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  22. ^ Wheatley, Thomas (December 15, 2013). "Omnivore - Paul Luna has left Atlanta for Switzerland". Creative Loafing. Retrieved February 15, 2024.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Paul_Luna&diff=prev&oldid=1208556926

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