New Chef At Saint Ann; Garden Cafe Temporarily Closed

UPTOWN -- The less-than-a-year-old Saint Ann has hired a new chef, Chad Starling, to oversee the kitchen. He's formerly of Aria in Chicago. The Saint Ann PR folks hinted to Leslie Brenner that diners may see a "young coconut soup," "crispy rock shrimp with celery root slaw," and "house-made ricotta gnocchi with favas." [EatsBlog]

EAST DALLAS --The Garden Cafe over on Junius Street will be closed until probably Wednesday, thanks to the weather. And no, we don't mean the heat: "We were all happy to see the rain, however, we had a complete power outage in the entire building because of the weather." [SideDish]

DOWNTOWN -- The Pecan Lodge, Il Cane Rosso and friends' fundraiser event for Shannon Stone's family--that's man who died at a Rangers game earlier this summer--raised more than $10,000 and served delicious food (burnt ends pizza!) to boot. [Crave DFW]