Asparagus, when charred over the grill, there are so many wines that can complement it. You can do grilled shellfish with red, or steak with white. Your list gives equal space to more adventurous bottles as to classics–even suggesting “designer imposters” to old favorites-you’re obviously not bound by traditional steakhouse pairings.īC: You don’t have to follow rules here. It did take a while to get the service team to relax and understand what we wanted to do at the tables!
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But we’re able to have fun because we know how to run a big restaurant.īC: When the leaders of the team are laughing and the team is laughing, there’s magic. Is there a line you can cross for having too much fun?ĭG: If you’re not good at delivering on the other things like the food and wine service, then the fun is out the door. You clearly like to have fun with the food and wine. We’re always thinking of new fun things to do, like having Danny shave truffles into your mouth. is to have everyone feel like they’re celebrating.
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I’m able to relax knowing that someone cares the same if not more.Ĭhicago is a city full of steakhouses how do you stand apart?īelinda Chang: Our M.O.
Do egos ever get in the way?ĭanny Grant: No! It’s nice to know I’ve got someone fighting for the service and front of house. You both have pretty hefty awards and accolades like Michelin stars and James Beard awards. Sign up here.Q&A with Executive Chef Danny Grant and Beverage Director Belinda Chang Become a Restaurant Business member today and unlock exclusive benefits, including unlimited access to all of our content. Members help make our journalism possible. Pisor, in his legal filing, claimed he created the Maple & Ash name, brand and concept, and secured the majority of the restaurant’s 31 original outside investors.Ī hearing on the lawsuit filed by the investors group is scheduled for July 8. In his suit, Pisor said What If Syndicate’s revenue has grown from $35 million in 2019 to just under $100 million last year and is projected to nearly double that by the end of this year.
Maple & Ash is consistently one of the country’s highest-grossing independent restaurants. “In this way, it appears that the defendants are causing the restaurants to make interest-free loans or other payments to defendants’ other ventures, with no benefit whatsoever to the restaurants themselves or to the investors,” the lawsuit states. The investors also raised concerns that the men are using profits from Maple & Ash to fund other restaurant ventures, operations in which the investors have no financial stake. The investors say they’ve requested financial records from the founders, but have not received all of the documents they’ve asked for. “And now the relationship between these two men has devolved into an almost unthinkably nasty, salacious and personal dispute that jeopardizes the very existence of the restaurants and risks the loss of the plaintiffs’ investments.” “The restaurants depend on the ability of Lasky and Pisor to work together to make sure that the restaurants succeed,” the investors say in their lawsuit. The investors have contributed $6 million in the two Maple & Ash locations since 2015, the court documents say. But Pisor and Lasky’s company, What If Syndicate, owns multiple restaurants across the country, including Etta, Monarch, Celestina and Kessaku. There are currently two locations of upscale steakhouse concept Maple & Ash, one in Chicago and one in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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