Russell’s Marina Grill: Red Beans and Rice Keeps ‘Em Coming Back
Flavor Rules at Russell’s Marina Grill
When Tyisha Naylor became the chef at Russell’s Marina Grill four years ago, she was walking into a restaurant with dishes that customers had been ordering for decades. Particularly, its red beans and rice.
“The recipe, it’s probably 25 years old at least,” says Pavlos Petrou, who has owned the restaurant since 1989. The Lakefront restaurant was founded in 1985 by Russell Cuoco. “When she came in, we told her, ‘Hey, you can add your own flavors just to see, but this is the base we want to work off of.”