[1] He graduated from The Culinary Institute of America in 1978 and worked in several restaurants in New York City before moving to Washington, D.C. in 1984.
[3] In 1993, he opened his own restaurant with his wife, Sallie, Vidalia, in the Dupont Circle neighborhood.
[4] Vidalia earned rave views for its Southern food, including a corn bread recipe from Sallie's grandmother.
"[2] In 1999, Buben won the James Beard Foundation Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic.
[6] In November 2012, the Bubens opened a third restaurant, Woodward Table, located downtown.