Food isn't local chefs' only art. Their tattoos tell tales.

TAKE A TOUR of chef Al Anderson's tattoos, and you know the guy's got stories to tell. Anderson, in charge of the kitchen at Johnny Brenda's in Northern Liberties, is a South Philly native who knocked around a bit before coming back home to roost. A stint in the Coast Guard. Another in the kitchen at a restaurant called Big Daddy-O's in Hawaii. A failed marriage. These are just a few of the rites of passage chronicled in ink on the brawny chef's epidermis.