A Michelin-starred chef is bringing his old-school New York City Italian-American restaurant to Downtown Disney when he opens a new steakhouse in the Anaheim open-air mall, next to Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.

Joe Isidori, the famous chef of New York City will open Arthur & Sons Steak and Bourbon and Pearl’s Roadside BBQ in the footprint of the former location of Tortilla Jo in downtown Disney.

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Construction work on Arthur & Sons and Pearl’s Roadside will begin soon at the former Tortilla Jo location, according to Disneyland.

Disneyland has filed building permits with the city of Anaheim to demolish the 18,900-square-foot Tortilla Jo’s building. The city permit requires that utilities be limited and that the basement level staircase and elevator shaft be maintained.

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Arthur & Sons will offer prime cuts of steak, chops, seafood, sandwiches and salads along with a central bar serving bourbon-focused craft cocktails.

Concept art for Arthur & Sons at Downtown Disney shows an imposing entrance atrium with a cascading crystal ball chandelier and a single-story restaurant where the two-story Tortilla Jo’s once stood.

Isidori operates Arthur & Sons restaurants in Manhattan that focus more on Italian food than steaks. The restaurant is named after Isidori’s father, Arthur, who cut steaks and chops during the day and ran a restaurant at night.

Pearl’s Roadside quick-service barbecue restaurant, next to Arthur & Sons, will serve pulled pork, brisket, smoked turkey and smoked wings, plus craft beers and spirits cocktails.

Concept art for Pearl’s Roadside shows a large outdoor patio and U-shaped bar facing Splitsville Luxury Lanes in Downtown Disney. The posters promise “Quality ‘Que,” “Magnificent Shine” and “Sassy Sides.”

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Isidori served as Donald Trump’s former executive chef at Mar-a-Lago and earned a Michelin star at the president-elect’s DJT restaurant in Las Vegas.

Isidori oversaw dining concepts for several restaurants in the Trump empire, including the Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, the DJT restaurant at the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas and Trump’s golf courses.

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The Isidori family has owned and operated restaurants for three generations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and the Bronx since 1954.

Isidori is probably best known to Disney fans as co-founder of Black Tap Craft Burgers in Downtown Disney and co-creator of Everglazed Donuts & Cold Brew in Florida’s Disney Springs.

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The celebrity chef has appeared on “Iron Chef America,” “Beat Bobby Flay” and several Food Network cooking competition shows.

The New York native has been cooking since he was 5, standing on a packing case while preparing salads and side dishes at his family’s restaurants. He graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in 2000.

Arthur & Sons marks the steakhouse’s return to the Disneyland resort for the first time since the parks closed due to the pandemic in 2020.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Disneyland closed Steakhouse 55 at the Disneyland Hotel, taking diners back to a bygone era of luxurious decadence and Old Hollywood glamor with dirty martinis, bone-in ribs, and a legendary 24-hour chocolate cake. layers.

Walt Disney Imagineering created a new Hall of Broken Spells in the former Steakhouse 55 location.