Chef Jason Quinn Talks Playground Restaurant, Daily Menus, and Pissing People Off

July 2, 2012 // 11:01 am

“There’s a million restaurants that will cater to you, and we don’t really like any of those places,” says Jason Quinn, ex-Food Network personality, ex-Lime Truck chef, and current Playground restaurateur.

We’ve covered Chef Quinn in the past, we’ve covered his win on Food Network’s Great Food…

YELPing Back — “Burn in hell,” Says Notable Chef to One of His Customers

January 16, 2012 // 2:44 pm

One of the more recent features YELP has implemented involves the ability for business owners to respond to their reviews, whether positive or negative. Obviously, this is opening the floodgates for extremely boring and politically-correct communication between consumer and producer…am I right? Right…..wrong. Let’s jump into…

Winners of a Food Network Show Spend Their $100,000 Prize on Ping Pong?

November 22, 2011 // 12:40 am

In a ridiculous story forming out of TMZ,  a series of pictures shadily taken from inside the homes of either Daniel Shemtob or Jason Quinn ‘have surfaced’, insinuating that the two personalities from The Lime Truck blew their winnings on a top of the line ping pong table.…

The Playground — A Look at the New Eatery From Ex-Lime Truck Chef

November 21, 2011 // 11:38 pm

Just a few months ago, Jason Quinn led the way as Lime Truck‘s lead chef, not only making a name for the truck in its hometown of Orange County, but branding the Southern California-based mobile food kitchen as one of the hottest trucks in the…

The Lime Truck Set To Open a Brick & Mortar Location

July 12, 2011 // 9:14 am

While some chefs and talented foodies may take to starting a food truck to avoid the high startup costs associated with a brick-and-mortar restaurant, the fellows behind The Lime Truck have done it a bit differently. Lime was created to fill a void, as their mission statement reminds. They…