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Behind the Grill at Kim Cheese

According to RFT restaurant critic Ian Froeb, west county eatery Kim Cheese combines a hot culinary trend -- Mexican-Korean fusion -- with one of his own obsessions -- independent restaurants occupying shuttered fast-food joints. How did he like Kim Cheese? Read the Kim Cheese restaurant review.

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Apples and Billy Goat potato chips.
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Apples and Billy Goat potato chips.
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Kim Cheese's bibimbap
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Kim Cheese's bibimbap
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Rib-eye steak, chicken and spicy pork Korean barbecued tacos.
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Rib-eye steak, chicken and spicy pork Korean barbecued tacos.
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Rib eye steak KimCheese burger with fries.
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Rib eye steak KimCheese burger with fries.
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Sean Moon, one of the owners of the family-owned and operated Kim Cheese in Chesterfield.
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Sean Moon, one of the owners of the family-owned and operated Kim Cheese in Chesterfield.
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Sean Moon, one of the owners, and Amory Wyatt, a cook, at work in Kim Cheese's kitchen.
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Sean Moon, one of the owners, and Amory Wyatt, a cook, at work in Kim Cheese's kitchen.
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Sean Moon, one of the owners of the family-owned and operated Kim Cheese in Chesterfield.
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Sean Moon, one of the owners of the family-owned and operated Kim Cheese in Chesterfield.
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The rib-eye steak Kim Cheese burger on the grill.
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The rib-eye steak Kim Cheese burger on the grill.
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Cook Amory Wyatt in the foreground; Sean Moon, one of Kim Cheese's owners, in the background.
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Cook Amory Wyatt in the foreground; Sean Moon, one of Kim Cheese's owners, in the background.
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Inside Chesterfield's Kim Cheese.
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Inside Chesterfield's Kim Cheese.
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Chicken salad with an Asian flair.
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Chicken salad with an Asian flair.
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Korean barbecued pork with fried rice.
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Korean barbecued pork with fried rice.
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Inside Chesterfield's Kim Cheese.
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Inside Chesterfield's Kim Cheese.
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Chesterfield's Kim Cheese.
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Chesterfield's Kim Cheese.
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