D.J. Olsen, formerly the chef at Lou Wine Bar, is getting back into the cooking business. He says he's going to be the chef at the new Black Cat at Sunset Junction in Silver Lake, which is scheduled to open in early October.
During his six-year tenure at Lou, Olsen earned a reputation for deceptively simple, deeply flavorful food based on whatever he found at the most recent farmers market. Indeed, Olsen and his pushcart were such familiar sights at the Wednesday Santa Monica market, that some may have mistakenly thought he worked there.
