Profession and title:
Restaurateur
Interests:
Skiing, Tennis, Travel, Family
Brief biography:
I grew up in Connecticut and California. I went to college at Quinnipiac University and put myself through school as a bartender. After graduation I kept tending bar, and eventually opened Connecticut’s first cocktail bar, 116 Crown in 2007. 116 Crown has twice been rated Excellent in the New Your Times My son Jack was born in 2009. I opened a sandwich shop, Meat & Co. in 2013 that is located in East Rock Market. Meat & Co. was awarded one of the 50 best sandwiches in the country by Big 7 Travel. I founded and taught the first Mixology Course in the country at University of New Haven. I continue to work as a restaurant consultant. This is my fifth semester at Yale.