I think I prefer mezcal at room temperature. I mean, I’ve had it cold and didn’t find it as complex as room temp, which actually helped me get into it, in the beginning. But I’ve also had it out of the still and it was delicious, but … that had...

A lot of mezcal enthusiasts drink their mezcal from clay copitas. Hell, we drink our mezcal from clay copitas. And we think that’s the best vessel for heritage agave spirits. But is it? And is it culturally authentic? Maybe … if you’re talking hipster culture. This and more in the...

Jordis Unga, the metaphorical and literal rock star of Katana Kitten talks service, music, the need to perform and reinventing yourself. Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE and RATE the show if you can. 🔥🔥Join us each week as industry leaders, Damon Boelte and Sother Teague, sit down with a wide...

The global pandemic has brought some aspects of life to a stand-still, while others have accelerated at incredible speeds. eCommerce has grown exponentially. Restaurants were on the uptrend in adopting technology to increase their business reach, now those trends have become essential survival tools almost overnight. On this episode of...

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...

Information has never been more crucial to our collective livelihood and wellbeing than it is today. ESL Works, a startup dedicated to closing the workplace language gap, uses texting and SMS to deliver lessons to workers based around the actual tasks they do in restaurants. In March 2020, they created...

For a deep dive into the inner workings of restaurant operations, Kat Johnson sits down with John Ragan (Director of Operations at USHG), Sabato Sagaria (Chief Restaurant Officer at USHG), and Ryan Pernice (Owner and Operator of RO Hospitality in Roswell, GA). The three share the challenges and joys of...

Today on The Speakeasy, we're joined in the studio by Everyman Espresso's Sam Penix! He tells us about the values and service behind bringing top quality caffeine to everyone from morning commuters to the chiller crowds that roll in later in the day.

A number of long-simmering tensions between chefs and the media recently boiled over following the New York Times bombshell Per Se review. An all-star round-table representing both camps, and several generations, join Jimmy and Andrew to make sense of it all this week: Drew Nieporent, Hanna Raskin, Sam Sifton, Alex...

A "Juicy Lucy" burger stuffed with Reese's, a missing cat drunk on Riesling, and a Hello Kitty food truck: welcome to this week's The Morning After! In studio with Chef Flynn McGarry, the whiz kid of the NYC pop up restaurant Eureka, Jessie and Sari get Flynn's story - how...