While Table 6 remained unchanged by the move -- although it did lose founding chef Scott Parker to Session Kitchen around the same time -- Boone's underwent a makeover, and the group began renovating the space next door to Boone's, which had been Fagan's for decades, into what would eventually become Atticus.
But while Aaron Forman of Table 6 helped develop Atticus's wine list and train its staff, the partnership dissolved in January, shortly before Atticus opened. Despite the parting, Midtbo has nothing but good things to say about his former partner. "Table 6 still is hands down the best service in town and that is Aaron's doing," Midtbo told me by e-mail. Atticus remains under the umbrella of Table to Tavern, which is owned by Brian Midtbo, Angie Midtbo and Rob Lanphier, who had been a co-owner of B.U.F.F. Brothers before he split in 2011 to found Pour Kids.
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