At least that’s how the place appears until one morning this past spring when Schwa chef-owner Michael Carlson points out that the bare-bulb lights hanging above the 26 seats of his restaurant ...

“These are all the people we idolize.” For 33-year-old Michael Carlson, chef/owner of Schwa, the dinner marked the pinnacle of his meteoric rise from anonymous assistant chef to proprietor of ...

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Lovitt’s sous chef, Michael Carlson, is now Schwa’s head chef, assisted by manager Keri Putney and sous chef Nathan Klingbail. The small space’s atmosphere lacks the self-importance of other ...

In what may seem like an odd pairing, elusive Schwa chef/owner Michael Carlson will make a rare public appearance when he goes head-to-head against Ripasso chef/owner Theo Gilbert in Ruck 4 The Kids.

He was working on a story about the restaurant’s enigmatic chef, Michael Carlson, and needed more opinions on the experience. I had never eaten at Schwa, but I knew all about the place.