UTC restaurant with ties to a celebrity chef laying off 91 and will soon close

UTC restaurant with ties to a celebrity chef laying off 91 and will soon close

Red O, an elevated Mexican restaurant that had celebrity chef Rick Bayless as its culinary director when it opened in the UTC area nearly a decade ago, will be closing its doors in April. According to a required layoff notice the restaurant sent to the state Employment Development Department this month, it will be letting go its entire staff of 91 employees and permanently closing its La Jolla area restaurant due to the expiration of its lease. …