Welcome to the final episode of Season One of Maître d’ Diaries.

Like most restaurants, the podcast has taken much longer to get up and running than we could have imagined, with lots of starts and stops, largely out of our control. To wrap up Season One we figured it would be a good time for you to get to know us better.

Dante and Erica are old friends who met at the Four Seasons Hotel Boston in the 90’s. We followed our hospitality dreams to NYC, worked in some of the finest restaurants in the city, were here through 911, and within years of each other left New York to move back to our respective home states (Hawai’i and Pennsylvania).

Working fine dining restaurant operations can take its toll on a spirit and a life, and we each had our own cocktail of reasons for leaving town.

Then, “just when we thought we were out…” we were unable to resist the allure of the city we love. Now we are both back, rolling up our sleeves and pitching in to do our part in post-Covid New York restaurant life.

We started the podcast as a way to build community and foster conversation amongst other FOH folks. We are having a wonderful time reminiscing about restaurants in the 90’s and 2000’s, for sure, but we are also enjoying real talk about the state of hospitality today, and gazing forward at what it can be in the years to come.

Join us as we interview each other, and find out how Dunkin’ Donuts and TGI Friday’s figure into our pasts.

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