Article: Restaurant's nude art is all in good taste; At Fhima's, East Coast-West Coast hip comes with a hint of Midwest modesty.(NEWS)(C.J.)

Byline: Cheryl Johnson; Staff Writer

Restaurateur-chef David Fhima is on the verge of making more daring culinary splashes here and in Chicago - and maybe even undressing a male sculpture along the way. His St. Paul restaurant, Fhima's, points out the men's and women's rooms with bas-reliefs by artist Bill Mack. The artist, more famous for museum works, did these pieces as a favor, David said. The female sculpture is naked, but the man is hiding something. `'That's my Minnesota part," laughed Fhima, a French-Moroccan who moved here from the West Coast nine years ago. "HOWEVER, I think I should be given credit for making the man as naked [as he is]. He's wearing ...

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