Friends and Family Dinner

101 Gibbs Street,Rockville MD 20850

22 January, 2022

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You are invited to our Grand Opening ticketed friends and family dinner. El Mercat Bar de Tapas is finally opening! It will be a great pleasure to welcome our Rockville community to El Mercat for our Friends & Family Dinner on January 21st & 22nd! Guests can purchase tickets to this event for $75 (per person), to be paid at the table. YOUR TICKET INCLUDES A CHOICE OF: 2 glasses of sangria 2 vegetarian tapas 1 meat tapa 1 fish tapa 1 seafood or meat paella 1 dessert and celebratory glass of sparkling wine About El Mercat El Mercat Bar de Tapas is a restaurant that represents the essence of Spanish cultural diversity. A concept of simple and delicious food; serving shareable, seasonal, and house-made dishes. The menu will allow guests to savor different dishes that will take them through a vibrant Spanish culinary journey with the most exciting flavors of true tapas fare About Chef George Rodrigues Chef George Rodrigues started his culinary journey in Brazil, learning to love food while cooking with his family. He began college with the intention of becoming an engineer, but one year before graduating he gave it up to pursue his culinary passion. After attending culinary school and cooking for a premier hotel in Curitiba, Brazil, George got an offer from a friend to spend some time in Chicago. He began working for Iron Chef Jose Garces at Mercat a la Planxa and quickly became a sous chef. Inspired by the possibility for growth opportunities, he moved to Boston to work for Chef Michael Schlow at his bold American restaurant influenced by Latin flavors, Tico. George quickly advanced from sous chef to chef, and during his tenure the restaurant won many awards including Esquire Magazine’s Best New Restaurants in America. Due to his incredible success, George was chosen by Schlow to open and run the kitchen at his first DC outpost, Tico. He became an integral member of Schlow Restaurant Group’s culinary team overseeing the group’s tapas pop-up, Calle Cinco. George recently competed on Beat Bobby Flay, Chopped, as well as the 2016 Capital Food Fight hosted by DC Central Kitchen. George previously worked at Boqueria as Chef of Cuisine from 2018 to 2021. He helped open their Penn Quarter location. While at Boqueria, he worked with Marc Vidal, a Barcelona born Chef who worked for many years in France under the greatest Chefs like Ferran Adrià – elBulli, Alain Passard – L’Arpège, and Alain Ducasse – Alain Ducasse in London. He lives with his wife, Wanessa, and son, Eduardo, in Rockville, Maryland.