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Subscribe! https://restaurantguysregulars.buzzsprout.com/The Restaurant Guys is one of the original food and wine podcasts, launched in 2005 by restaurateurs Mark Pascal and Francis Schott.With roots as a daily radio show, the podcast features in-depth conversations with chefs, bartenders, winemakers, authors, and hospitality professionals—offering the inside track on food, cocktails, wine, and restaurant culture.New episodes and vintage conversations because the best stories, like the best bottles, age well. Expect insightful, opinionated, and entertaining conversations about food, wine, and the finer things in life.Subscribe for ad-free content, bonus episodes and invitations to special events! https://restaurantguysregulars.buzzsprout.com/Contact: TheGuys@RestaurantGuysPodcast.com
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- 2 days ago35 min
Wine, Wit & Other Unfiltered Opinions | Randall Grahm
This is a Vintage episode from 2010. The Banter A steakhouse offers customers a way to disguise lavish lunches on their expense reports, complete with pre-wrinkled receipts and camouflage doggy bags. Mark and Francis debate whether this steakhouse deserves a marketing award or a visit from the authorities. The Conversation Winemaker Randall Grahm joins the Guys for a funny, irreverent conversation about his book, Been Doon So Long: A Randall Grahm Vinthology. Between literary parodies and p...
- 4 days ago32 min
The Cocktail Code | Paul MacDonald
Banter Can you teach hospitality or are you just teaching people to fake it? Mark and Francis discuss scripted service, sincerity, and a restaurant’s apparently AI-generated emails that promised a personal welcome the dining room failed to deliver. The Conversation Paul MacDonald of the Lovers Bar at Philadelphia’s Friday Saturday Sunday joins the Guys to explain how a cocktail experiment became a decade-long exploration of flavor and proportion. His Fibonacci cocktails use five ingredi...
- 1 weeks ago35 min
What Makes a Confident Cook? | Susan Spungen
This is a Vintage episode from 2006. Why This Episode Matters Learn when a shortcut saves effort without sacrificing the finished dish.Bring restaurant habits home: prepare ahead, clean as you go, and cook with more confidence.Hear Susan Spungen on finding her own voice after twelve years at Martha Stewart Living. The Banter A new restaurant in New Brunswick sends Mark and Francis back to the days when dinner service ended and the disco ball came down. They also explore how old restaurant men...
- 1 weeks ago55 min
Comic Cocktail History | David Wondrich
Why This Episode Matters A great bartender needs more than recipes and a great cocktail doesn’t necessarily need more ingredients.Black and Filipino bartenders helped shape American drinking and preserve traditions that might otherwise have disappeared.The drinks that last are the ones other bartenders can actually make.The Banter Mark and Francis debate whether we’ve reached peak spritz, suggest leaving the soda out of an Aperol Spritz, and deliver an unfiltered verdict on Sarti Rosa. After ...
- 2 weeks ago33 min
The Cost of Three Michelin Stars | Rudolph Chelminski
This is a Vintage episode from 2005. Why This Episode Matters Earning three Michelin stars is a triumph. Keeping them brings financial commitments, public scrutiny, and relentless pressure.Rudolph Chelminski knew Bernard Loiseau for decades and offers a personal view of the ambition behind his extraordinary career.As they prepare to open Catherine Lombardi, Mark and Francis share their own concerns about expansion and protecting an established restaurant’s reputation.Recorded before Michelin’...
- 2 weeks ago31 min
A Fire, a Do-Over & The Bear | Brian Lockwood
Why This Episode Matters What it takes to reopen a restaurant after a fire shuts it down just three days into business.How a shared-space kitchen becomes a lesson in building one restaurant team.What went into training Jeremy Allen White for The Bear and that restaurant professionals find the show almost too real.Why the smallest service and design decisions can shape an entire dining experience.Banter Can airport pizza outperform a Chicago pizza restaurant? Francis and Mark compare deep-dish...
- 3 weeks ago48 min
Southern Smoke Festival 2026 | Vol. 2: French Brasseries, Caviar Camp & Great Brisket
Why This Episode Matters Kyle Knall explains why Milwaukee offers the community support to build ambitious restaurants—and a life outside them.Jason Ryczek takes us inside Caviar Camp, from getting into tanks with sturgeon to selecting roe and serving it at Little’s Oyster Bar.Leonard Botello IV reveals what separates exceptional brisket from disappointing barbecue, including the importance of fire management, resting and learning to listen.These conversations celebrate the craft and hospital...
- 3 weeks ago1h 4m
Southern Smoke Festival 2026 | Vol. 1: Building Better Restaurants
Why This Episode Matters Can restaurants offer exceptional food and hospitality while giving their employees a better life? These owners explain how they’re doing it.Birdie’s challenges the traditional fine dining model with counter service, a serious wine program and meaningful employee benefits.Shuai Wang shares how Top Chef helped him rediscover his inspiration through collaboration with other chefs.Ayu Bakehouse teaches employees the business skills to pursue their own ideas—and pays them...
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About The Restaurant Guys
Subscribe! https://restaurantguysregulars.buzzsprout.com/The Restaurant Guys is one of the original food and wine podcasts, launched in 2005 by restaurateurs Mark Pascal and Francis Schott.With roots as a daily radio show, the podcast features in-depth conversations with chefs, bartenders, winemakers, authors, and hospitality professionals—offering the inside track on food, cocktails, wine, and restaurant culture.New episodes and vintage conversations because the best stories, like the best bottles, age well. Expect insightful, opinionated, and entertaining conversations about food, wine, and the finer things in life.Subscribe for ad-free content, bonus episodes and invitations to special events! https://restaurantguysregulars.buzzsprout.com/Contact: TheGuys@RestaurantGuysPodcast.com
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