The Restaurant Guys Podcast
1) Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown (Authors, The Deans of Drink)
Mark and Francis welcome Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown to the show to discuss their new book, The Deans of Drink, historic cocktails, cocktail museums, and how Europe is different from the US, not ...Show More
2) Susan McKenna Grant (Owner, La Petraia; Author, Dinamica)
Mark and Francis open the show with another discussion about photography in restaurants. Their guest is Susan McKenna Grant, owner of La Petraia, in Rada, Chianti and author of the new book, Dinamica...Show More
3) Josh Ozersky (Time Magazine's food writer)
Mark and Francis start the show discussing the recent firing of an Applebee's employee after she posted a copy of someone's receipt on her website after that person crossed out her added gratuity and ...Show More
4) Jimmy Cronk, Sean Hosty, and John Durna (Owners, Destination Dogs)
What should a restaurateur do if a guest can't pay? Mark and Francis discuss what happened recently at Smith and Wollensky in New York when an Italian tourist could not pay. What do you think should...Show More
5) Cynthia Lauren Tewes (Actress)
The Guys are joined today by Cynthia Lauren Tewes. Ms Tewes played Julie McCoy on The Love Boat and is appearing at The George Street Playhouse (right next to The Restaurant Guys restaurants) in Good...Show More
6) Kevin Zraly (Author, Windows on the World Complete Wine Course)
Mark and Francis welcome back Kevin Zraly to the show to discuss the 27th Edition of his best-selling wine book, Windows on the World Complete Wine Course. The new version includes videos by way of QR...Show More
7) Sean Muldoon
Francis first encountered Sean Muldoon's work many years ago in Belfast City. We dare say that Francis may have been the first American Cocktailian to wander in to the cocktail palace built in that f...Show More
8) Bill Wolsey (Hotelier, Restaurateur, Publican)
The Guys Start off the segment with a lively discussion about Pete Well's recent '-1 star review' of Guy Fieri's American Kitchen and Bar in The New York Times. Was it justified? Did it go too far? Li...Show More
9) Robert Simonson (Author, Blogger)
In their first show post-Superstorm Sandy, the guys welcome New York Times cocktail columnist Robert Simonson to the show. Robert Simonson writes about spirits, cocktails, and wine for the New York T...Show More
10) Josh Schonwald (Author of The Taste of Tomorrow: Dispatches from the Future of Food)
Mark and Francis discuss Francis's recent trip to Ireland and Belfast Restaurant Week. Their guest is Josh Schonwald, author of The Taste of Tomorrow: Dispatches from the Future of Food. They discus...Show More