Tag: restaurants

Endings #6: When Your Restaurant Closes, with Chef Chris Jaeckle

April 3rd So much time and attention are given to a restaurant’s opening: Who’s the chef? How will the menu be different than everything that’s come before it? Who’s designing the space? Will there be craft beer or craft cocktails? We fill reservations books. We rush in to review. We Instagram furiously. But when a…

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Power Couples! Michael Whiteman and Rozanne Gold!

Monday, January 30th In 1976, the restaurant Windows on the World opened on the 106th and 107th floors of the World Trade Center’s north tower. As president of Baum + Whiteman Worldwide, Michael Whiteman was one of the restaurateurs behind the space; Rozanne Gold their Chef-Director. Together, the two opened several other iconic projects over the…

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Second Dates or No Dates with Lisa Mendelson

NOVEMBER 9TH, 2015 On last week’s show, Ben prepared for a date with a woman he’d been hooked up with via a listener! Was he more or less nervous? Where was he gonna take her? This week, we get the scoop on how it went, and how a first date moves on (or doesn’t) to…

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Brother/Sister Duo Will and Julie Horowitz

OCTOBER 26TH, 2015 Last week, Jacqueline published an article on Cosmopolitan about why she doesn’t want kids, and how that doesn’t make her any less of a woman or partner. So on today’s episode, we delve into how kids play into the dating scene: when do you bring up that you do or don’t want them?…

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Chef Abby Hitchcock on Restaurant Relationships

OCTOBER 5TH, 2015 We talk with Ben’s former employer, Abigail Hitchcock about running her restaurant with her spouse and the romantic encounters she’s witnessed in her cozy French Bistro, Camaje. Abby also shares the meaning behind the name, Camaje, and the stories of the three men who inspired it. LISTEN