The HRN event, Lessons Learned: Tales from Small Business Owners on Tuesday, October 25, was brimming with delicious food by Samesa, tasty drinks, and captivating stories from four storytellers who opened up about the trials and tribulations in the restaurant business. Sponsored by TD Bank, the event took place at...

On today’s episode, Eli is joined by Tara Hankinson and LeAnn Darland, the founders of Talea Beer Co. After several years of planning, fundraising, and overcoming the many roadblocks it takes to get a physical location up and running, they opened the Talea Brewery and Taproom in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in...

On episode 121 of The Line, Eli Sussman welcomed fellow HRN host (and HRN board member) Todd Richards for a wide-ranging conversation about the state of the restaurant industry. The episode was recorded in-person at the new Rockefeller Center location of Samesa (Eli's restaurant) while Todd was in New York...

One year of COVID. In this first of a special series of COVID-focused episodes reflecting on one year of the pandemic, theLINE is showcasing voices from around the country. On today's episode: Ashleigh Shanti in North Carolina, Angela Garbacz in Nebraska , Alex Raij in Brooklyn NY, Matthew Bell In...

On today's episode, I welcome Dario Wolos, founder of Tacombi. After spending 5 years at an internet startup in London, he moved back to Playa Del Carmen and in 2005 purchased a VW bus which became the first location of Tacombi. In 2009 he decided to move Tacombi to NYC...

Restaurant owner, chef, and HRN host Eli Sussman gives us an overview of the current state of US restaurants and the challenges they are facing. We look at the toll the pandemic has already taken on the hospitality industry, and the ways restaurant closures and high levels of unemployment have...

Hello friends. On today’s show we are joined by Chef Eli Sussman. Eli is the author of 4 cookbooks, a board member of Share our Strength, and the Chef/ Owner of the recently closed Samesa, which had multiple locations throughout NYC. He joins us to discuss the multitude of emotions...

In this special COVID-19 episode, audio recordings from some of the hospitality frontline workers that are going to work every day to feed our country. In what feels like a constant flow of insurmountable moments when day to day reveals a new crisis, these kitchens are doing what they do...

In 2005, just months after they graduated from Kendall College of Culinary Arts in Chicago, Christine Cikowski and Josh Kulp founded Sunday Dinner Club a sort of dinner party-ish experience that has grown into a community dining space holding multiple dinners per month. In 2013, after eight successful years of...

Restaurants all over the world have been forced to close their doors or shift to takeout-only service in the wake of COVID-19. This week we learn how a range of food workers have adapted to the pandemic. Jenny Goodman and Alex McCrery from Opening Soon discuss mental health in the...