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Restaurateur Santa Barbara

Interview: Santa Barbara restaurateur Sherry Villanueva (Acme Hospitality)

Santa Barbara based Acme Hospitality now runs so many different concepts that it’s been a challenge to keep their website up to date. At last check, they didn’t account for Tyger Tyger (fast casual...
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Restaurateur

Interview: Joe Bastianich (B&BHG + “Restaurant Startup”)

Joe Bastianich grew up in restaurants, ever since his parents ran Buonavia in Forest Hills, Queens. Now the prominent Restaurant Man runs Batali & Bastianich Hospitality Group with acclaimed chef Mario Batali and mother...
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Restaurateur Los Angeles

Interview: Michael Zislis (Los Angeles Restaurateur + Hotelier)

Michael Zislis is a Palos Verdes native who’s become a titan in the South Bay hospitality world. He started out as a homebrewer, and parlayed the success of Manhattan Beach Brewing Co. into a...
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Restaurateur Los Angeles

Interview: Mike Simms, Third-Generation Restaurateur

The Simms family’s entree into the restaurant world started at the intersection of Olympic Boulevard & Vermont Avenue, long before that corner qualified as Koreatown, with Arthur J’s Coffee Shop. Since that opening in...
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Bartender San Diego

Interview: bartender Johnny Rivera (The Tractor Room + Hash House A Go Go)

Johnny Rivera and Chef Andy Beardslee built a dedicated following with Hash House A Go Go, their Hillcrest comfort food emporium with Flintstones-sized portions, before opening The Tractor Room down the street in 2006,...
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