8/3/2023 0 Comments Tico boston maAfter 3 years there my wife, Nancy and I decided it was time to do something on our own so I left Good Essen and teamed up with our friend Amy Butler and we opened A&B Burgers in Salem MA. As things began its slow recovery Michael offered me a partnership and I returned to Boston to open Tico in the Back Bay in 2010 which was a huge success and one of my more fun stops. My first stop was overseeing the build out and opening of Alta Strada at the MGM Grand and then guiding it through the most difficult time for the restaurant business in recent memory as the world economy crashed in the fall of 2008. I learned so much with Steve and he was definitely the person who was most influential in my growth but by 2007 we had reached a point where I had no where else to grow so we decided to see what was out there for me and I ended up finding a home with Michael Schlow as his Director of Operations at Foxwoods. My GM Steve Coyle offered me a part time brunch manager position which I accepted and realized quickly I loved it and by 2004 I was the General Manager of Sonsie as well as helping Steve as he opened the original Kings in Back Bay and Game On in Fenway Park. In 2001 I started working with the Lyons Group in Boston, specifically at Sonsie on Newbury St as a server. I was able to travel all over the world working on the floor or behind the bar learning local cuisines, beverages and most importantly learning about people and how to best serve them. I started as a busboy at a restaurant in Hyannis called The Roadhouse Cafe in 1990 and for the next 11 years I worked in every FOH position gaining the experience that has allowed me to be a successful restaurant owner today. So let’s start at the beginning – how’d you get into the restaurant business?
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