"Nothing Should Be Forbidden": Corby Kummer on Guy Fieri's Kitchen + Bar

Ahead of the opening of Guy Fieri’s Kitchen + Bar in the Theater District, food writer Corby Kummer joined Boston Public Radio to share his thoughts on the celebrity chef’s second restaurant in Boston.

Fieri, known for his eccentric taste in food, included menu items from his other restaurants, such as trash can nachos from Guy Fieri’s Tequila Cocina and Guy’s Famous BBQ Bloody Mary. Diners can also order specialties like Cajun chicken Alfredo, hot pastrami grinders, and candy apple sangrias.

“It's like somebody has said, ‘let me think of everybody's secret food desires, and I'm gonna let it run rampant,’” Kummer said. “‘Here it all is, come on and let let loose your secret desires.’”

Restaurant critics have largely panned Fieri’s restaurants, though Kummer notes that Bostonians should give Guy Fieri’s Kitchen + Bar a chance.

“Enjoy yourself: nothing should be forbidden,” Kummer said. “This is about being libertine and being indulgent, which everybody needs to be every so often or else the food police are really going to be out of business.”

Kummer is the executive director of the Food and Society policy program at the Aspen Institute, a senior editor at The Atlantic and a senior lecturer at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.