Chef Ari Taymor Eats Whole Tuna Head at Roberta's, Gets 'Borderline Blackout' at Contra

Taymor, at Contra. Ari Taymor — the 27-year-old chef behind Los Angeles restaurant Alma (which GQ and Bon Appétit, among others, consider to be one of the best new spots in the country) — hit New York this week to see what was happening outside of L.A. "I needed a change," he says. "You get into this rut when your head's down and you're pushing every single day, and you don't pay attention to how much fun the life that you chose is." Taymor certainly had a good time in New York: He ate basi...