Latest Alex mccrery Podcast Episodes
Community as a Catalyst for Business with Eric See of Ursula
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - February 12, 2021 03:56 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsThere has, perhaps, never been a more important time than now to be involved in your community: the place you live, the people you work with, the guests that patronize your business. Community can be a catalyst for your business. It can also be a lifeline. Collaborations seem to be everywhere....
Opening A Taqueria in Brooklyn for $10k with Nene's Deli Taqueria
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - January 28, 2021 23:11 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsThe pandemic isn’t over. Cases are still piling up and precautionary measures are still at a peak. Restrictions remain tight on restaurants in most major cities, NYC included. As of today, all indoor dining remains on "pause". But the first seeds of the post-pandemic world are beginning to break...
Parenthood, The Pandemic, and The Restaurant Business with Emily and Maiko of Bessou
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - January 16, 2021 21:27 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsIn some ways the start of the pandemic really reminded me of the first few months with a newborn. You barely leave the house, you feel anxious and tired, and you realize at 1 PM that you still haven’t changed out of your sweatpants… Preparing your mind, body and business for a newborn is challen...
Flexibility is King with Chef Nico Russell of Oxalis
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - January 08, 2021 20:11 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWe have talked a lot about the pivots and changes restaurants are making since the pandemic started. But some restaurants are staying true to their core identity, making it work while adding on additional revenue streams. With the “cold dark winter” upon us, how are restaurateurs planning to ...
Diversification for a More Sustainable Business Model with Local Oceans Seafood
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - January 05, 2021 15:05 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsMost of our conversations over the last several months have emphasized the struggles of maintaining a food business during the pandemic, from adding delivery concepts, to indoor dining floundering to building and heating their street patios. Today we are excited to hear how a West Coast business...
Restaurants are in the People Business; with Andrew Tarlow
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - December 12, 2020 16:31 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsOur guest today is Andrew Tarlow, prolific Brooklyn restaurateur and founder of the Marlow Collective. Andrew has been nourishing people at Diner for more than 20 years and manages to create places that always feel timeless and relevant. Heritage Radio Network is a listener supported nonprofit...
Communicating Value with Shaun Hergatt
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - November 24, 2020 17:42 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsForging relationships shouldn’t be a punch list on your career, or should it? If you’re doing your job well, treating people well, training and learning along the way, then naturally you’re going to be relationship building. But what about in the dining room? Often the path to your next venture ...
Finding a Space, Building, and Forging a Path During & Post-Pandemic
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - November 17, 2020 17:47 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsMost restaurants today are in a constant state of change. Some are closing. Many have already closed. In the midst of difficulty lies opportunity. Rents have and are dropping and landlords are desperate for tenants with backing. Competition is obviously minimized. Talent is available and ready. ...
Pop Ups, Collabs, and building your brand with Lani Halliday
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - November 03, 2020 04:03 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWith spaces closing, adapting or sadly: empty and many chefs on the move, never has there been a better time to collab. And we have indeed seen a ton of really great pop ups. But how do the economics of a pop up work out and how can you translate a successful pop up to a permanent business? If...
From Pop Up to Permanent Home
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - October 23, 2020 10:54 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsThis season is all about finances. This week we talk about what it takes to parlay a successful pop up into a permanent home. Because sometimes there is a less traditional path is the one with taking. Our guests today are doing just that. Patricia Howard and Ed Szymanski have been operating Dam...
Talking that green (cash money) with Einat Admony of Taim & Balaboosta
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - October 14, 2020 11:12 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsLong before we closed our dining rooms, many chefs had opened Fast Casual concepts as a way to increase their revenue stream and ease growth expansion vs the weighing costs associated with full service casual and traditional fine dining. There are obvious drawbacks to Fast Casual, like the need ...
A Tale of Two Restaurants with Lien Ta of All Day Baby & Here's Looking At You
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - October 04, 2020 21:01 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsLien Ta, managing partner of All Day Baby and the former Here’s Looking at You in Los Angeles,CA. She recently shared the struggle of operating Here’s Looking at You and launching All Day Baby in the midst of the pandemic with LA mayor Eric Garcetti, that was aired during the Democratic National...
From Bathhouse to Restaurant in 2 Weeks with Jason Goodman
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - September 22, 2020 17:36 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsToday, we’re excited to announce that season 5 of Opening Soon will be devoted to our most listened to and most response inducing topics, you guessed it - money. How to get it, how to spend it, (in today’s pandemic world: how to save it) and depending on your future goals, the most important: ho...
The Re-Making of a 125-year-old Legend Gage & Tollner Waits a Little Longer
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - August 20, 2020 12:31 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsRestoration is defined as the act of returning something to its former condition or, in this case, grandeur. The team behind Gage & Tollner worked tirelessly throughout 2019 and into 2020 to restore a legend of the Brooklyn dining scene. They were slated to open on March 15th (dare I call into c...
Bootstrapping Your Way to Opening- pre and during pandemic with Love, Nelly
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - August 04, 2020 15:21 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsOur guests today, Keavy Landreth and Steph Gallardo are all about being scrappy. For their newest concept Love, Nelly they capitalized on a nearby space, used their already owned equipment, and put their own sweat into a new colombian bakery concept. We first sat down with Keavy and Steph on Mar...
Teams and training, pre- and post-shutdown, with Chef's Special Cocktail Bar
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - July 31, 2020 15:07 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWe first chatted with Ben, Jason and Josh the team behind Giant in Chicago and now Chef's Special Cocktail Bar on January 14th in the midst of staff training. As you will soon hear one of the key reasons for opening Chef's Special was to provide new growth opportunities to their team including b...
Opening Laser Wolf Before and During the Pandemic with Chef Mike Solomonov & Steve Cook
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - July 23, 2020 21:11 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWeeks after opening their newest restaurant Laser Wolf, Mike Solomonov and Steve Cook found themselves immersed, like all of us, in the pandemic. This episode spans nearly 6 months. We first spoke to Chef Mike Solomonov and Steve Cook on January 28th as they were about to host friend’s and famil...
Opening Laser Wolf Before and During the Pandemic with Chef Mike Solomonov
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - July 23, 2020 21:11 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWeeks after opening their newest restaurant Laser Wolf, Mike Solomonov and Steve Cook found themselves immersed, like all of us, in the pandemic. This episode spans nearly 6 months. We first spoke to Chef Mike Solomonov and Steve Cook on January 28th as they were about to host friend’s ...
The realities of Street Patios & Take Out Windows with Chef Leah Cohen and Ben Byruch of Pig & Khao
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - July 18, 2020 12:24 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsThere’s a lot more to consider when re-opening your restaurant or business then just when the local government says it's ok to do so. Namely the health and safety of your staff and your family. Not to mention the logistics of converting your space for outdoor only dining. Our guests today are L...
Creating a unique and authentic space with Kate & Ben Towill of Basic Projects
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - July 06, 2020 21:25 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsThis week we’re airing an episode that starts back in January where we caught up with Ben and Kate Towil of Basic Projects and Post House Tavern & Inn on thier unique approach to design. The follow up conversation to the first was recorded at the Charlseton Wine and Food Festival in early March ...
Forging Ahead Despite The Pandemic with Chef Todd Richards
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - June 19, 2020 20:40 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsFundraising for a restaurant project is no walk in the park. One can prepare to be met with under delivered expectations from most of your list of potential investors, often times including friends and family. Ghosted calls, delays and loan denials are a natural part of the territory that comes ...
Re-Opening with Kwame Onwuachi
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - June 10, 2020 22:28 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsIt’s been 2 weeks since our last episode of re-opening soon and in that short time our country is marching towards a long awaited change. Stay at home orders to curb the COVID-19 pandemic are lifting across the country for better or worse. Time will yield the result of how the pandemic has truly...
Re-Opening is Here, for Some of Us
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - May 20, 2020 15:21 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsRe-Opening is upon us. Well for some of us at least, and pending for the rest of us. Jenny and I listened this morning to industry leaders, including Thomas Keller, Will Guidara, Sean Feeney and Tim Love, present issues that independent restaurants are facing directly to President Trump. Among t...
A Glimpse at Our Future - Conversations with Restaurateurs in Hong Kong
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - May 05, 2020 19:34 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratings"'Normal' will never be a thing until we have a vaccine.” That comes from Ali Mokdad, chief strategy officer for population health at the University of Washington. It is imperative that we look beyond our immediate community and even beyond our leadership to ensure that we are all making practic...
A Lockdown is Lifted, But when will the Doors Open
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - April 29, 2020 20:48 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWriting for the Washington Post, Atlanta restaurateur Hugh Acheson and former OS guest, says: “My governor here in GA, Brian Kemp, has proclaimed that many businesses that have been closed for weeks can reopen on Friday…. No thank you.” Acheson continues to say, “ I am confident that my restaura...
P is for Pivot
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - April 22, 2020 16:17 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsChange is inevitable and in today’s landscape change is constant. Restaurants will not look the same as they once did for the foreseeable future. Whether through closure, regulation or community fear, we can’t expect to reopen our businesses without adapting to the way things will be. Growth wil...
What is the PPP anyway? And will it help the hospitality industry?
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - April 10, 2020 13:33 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWe’re back with another episode of RE-Opening soon, talking to chefs, restaurateurs and those in the hospitality business about the impacts of the Coronavirus Crisis. We’ve spoken with chefs on closing down, pivoting to delivery, approaching their local government and mental health and well bein...
Mental Health and the COVID Crisis
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - April 01, 2020 15:14 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWe’re back with another episode of RE-Opening soon, talking to chefs, restaurateurs, and those in the hospitality business about the impacts of the Coronavirus Crisis. We’ve spoken with chefs on closing down, pivoting to delivery/takeout models as well as how people are approaching their local g...
Too Small To Fail. The Hospitality Industry Organizes Relief Efforts
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - March 24, 2020 14:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsWe’ve optimistically dubbed this season as RE-Opening soon, talking to chefs and restaurateurs impacted by the Coronavirus Crisis. We hope to get some advice, share some of the pain and find hope for the future. In the past week business owners were left with 2 losing prospects: close and lay ev...
COVID Crisis & The Hospitality Community Response pt. 2
Opening Soon Presents: "The Build" - March 22, 2020 18:05 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 88 ratingsStarting today, on this special addition of Opening Soon, which we will be optimistically dubbing hereafter RE-Opening soon, we are talking to chefs and restaurateurs impacted by the Coronavirus Crisis. We hope to get some advice, share some of the pain and find hope for the future. It's heartbr...
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