Chef Michael Peterson will oversee kitchen at Hickok’s Southwest Bar & Grill

Here in Fat City, we’ve been wondering for some time where chef Michael Peterson was hanging his toque.

The charismatic Peterson, who first made his mark as the executive chef of the Grand Street restaurant in the 1990s (when it was still owned by PB&J Restaurants), went on to work in — and in some cases co-own — several area restaurants.

This week, he was hired by restaurateur Forbes Cross to be the executive chef at the yet-unopened Hickok’s Southwest Bar & Grill.