Restaurant Unstoppable with Eric Cacciatore

Chef Keith Sarasin is an award-winning chef, 4x author, and owner of Aatma. Keith Sarasin was previously on the show back in 2020. Chef Keith Sarasin is currently operating, along with Chef Chris Viaud, the Farmer's Table, which has been going for 13 years now. Chef Keith is also currently working on a documentary! He is based in southern New Hampshire.  Restaurant Unstoppable - EVOLVE! - Eric of...

Chef Justin Walker is the chef and partner at Walkers Maine . Justin was a D1 racing skier while simultaneously working in restaurants. While is school and still racing, he decided to switch focus over to cooking. He went to culinary school and ended up working at Arrows in Ogunquit, ME for 15 years. He then moved on to Earth at Hidden Pond in Kennebunkport, ME and worked there for 5 years. Later,...

Michael and Siobhán Sindoni are the owners of Wayside Tavern , located in Portland, Maine. Michael and Siobhán met while working in a restaurant in D.C. They eventually got married and worked together in the restaurant scene in Dallas before moving to Portland, Maine. They continued to work in restaurants while settling in Portland before opening Wayside Tavern in 2021. Check out these interviews...

Gregg Sessler is the Chef/Owner of Oddfellows Tavern in South Berwick, Maine. This is Gregg's 2nd time on the show. His first episode was number 06, way back in the beginning of Restaurant Unstoppable. Back then, Gregg owned Cava in Portsmouth, NH, an elevated dining experience. In 2020, Gregg opened Oddfellows Tavern, an 80+ seat restaurant with wood-fire pizza. Gregg officially left Cava in 2023...

Brett Wintersteen is the Chef/Owner of  HiFi BURRITOS in Dover, NH. Brett grew up in Rhode Island, working restaurants since he was 15, but went to school at UNH in Durham, NH. He got a job after college at Margarita's, a successful local Mexican chain in the northeast. He then moved on to Dos Amigos. Dos Amigos is a much-loved burrito joint with a handful of locations in New Hampshire. Dos Amigos...

Emshika Alberini is the Chef/Owner of  Chang Thai Cafe and The Catch , both in Littleton, NH. Emshika moved to the US from Thailand in 2000 looking to become a professor, but ended up in corporate America until 2006 when she decided she wanted to open a restaurant. She opened Chang Thai Cafe in 2008 in Littleton, where her then husband and she lived. She has since opened The Catch, also in Littlet...

Alex Wight is the owner of Crown Jewel , located on Great Diamond Island off the coast of Portland, Maine. Alex's first job was a busser at age 14. She wanted to work for a food magazine, but entered culinary school instead. She worked for Daniel Boulud at DB Bistro in NYC and then worked in a restaurant in Spain for about a year. She returned to NYC and worked in several high end restaurants for...

Emmett Soldati is the Owner of Teatotaller . Emmett was living in London when he realized his hometown, that of Somersworth, NH, deserved some of the luxuries of a place as big and diverse as London. He returned to his hometown and decided, in 2011, to open a tea and coffee shop/cafe. In 2013, his first Teatotaller location opened. After moving the original location a few times, it has settled now...

Krista Cole is the sole owner of Sur Lie in Portland, ME, and Gather in Yarmouth, ME. She is the co-owner of Catface Cafe in Biddeford, ME. Prior to owning restaurants, Krista had a nursing career. She left that career in 2013 and opened Sur Lie in Portland in 2014. Later on, she took over ownership of Gather, located in Yarmouth, ME. This year she opened Catface Cafe with fellow owner and full-ti...

John Burns is the Executive Director of SOS Recovery Community Organization , based in Rochester, NH. John was in executive sales prior to helping start SOS Recovery back in 2016. He started as a volunteer and soon became the Executive Director. John headed the project of opening Fold'd and brought on Mark, previously featured on episode #1134, a few months after opening, back in 2022.  Mark Segal...

Mark Segal is the GM and Chef at Fold'd Community Diner . Fold'd is, from their website, "a part of SOS Recovery community Organization. Our mission is to bring high quality dining options and workforce opportunities for those in recovery from problematic drug or alcohol use, previously incarcerated, and/or justice involved." Mark got his start at his father's 250 seat theater/restaurant in Connec...

Evan Hennessey is the Chef and Owner of Stages and The Living Room , both located in a gorgeous old mill building in Dover, New Hampshire. Chef Evan was previously on the show for episode 8 and episode 748. Stages serves "Progressive New England cuisine" and is a tasting menu experience. The Living Room opened in 2022 as a cocktail bar in the same building, and has expanded the number of seats for...

Caitlin McGrath-Levesque is the Co-Founder of Red's Good Vibes , based in Portsmouth, NH. Red's Good Vibes is a non-profit food truck providing free meals all over New England. It was established in 2019 by Caitlin and her brother and sister. The organization operates two food trucks and helps establish "community fridges" in several towns throughout New England. Restaurant Unstoppable - EVOLVE! -...

John Bushnell is the Owner and Pub Director at The June Cork Pub in Dover, NH. Until recently, John was working in health and fitness at health clubs. He decided one day to open a British-style pub where soccer fans could come together and watch all the games. In 2018 he began learning all he could about restaurant ownership and management and business ownership. In 2020, he opened The June Cork P...

Anthony Carbone is the Owner of Epicureo Pizza in Newburyport, MA. From 2010-2017 Tony worked as a private chef, taught cooking, and did catering. In 2017 he started his own mobile pizza catering business. Finally, in 2023, he opened Epicureo Pizza in Newburyport. Epicureo is a phone-less, carry-out-only, serve until the food is gone, pizza shop open only Tuesday-Friday. Restaurant Unstoppable - E...

Lee Frank is the Chef/Owner of  Otis  and  Lee Frank's . This is his second time on the show! He was previously featured on episode 766 when only Otis was open. Now, he has 2 Lee Frank's locations. Otis, a fine dining establishment located in Exeter, NH, is now 8 years old. Lee Frank's is a fast casual burger joint with locations in Wells and South Berwick, Maine. A third location is currently bei...

Dave Hausman is the Owner of Big Dave's Bagels & Deli in North Conway, New Hampshire. Dave got his start in a deli at the age of 14 while growing up in NYC. He went off to college and worked in a warehouse and as security for concert venues. He then got into wine, working with giants like Drew Nieporent and Thomas Keller. In 1989, he opened a restaurant in Monroe, NY, north of the city. He sold th...

Tony Callendrello is the owner of Vino E Vivo in Exeter, NH. Check out episode #1122 with Tony's Chef/Partner Paul Callahan. Tony worked as a COO in a very successful energy business until he almost retired. Almost . In 2018, in his 60s and having never worked in hospitality, Tony opened Vini E Vivo. It began as a wine bar and quickly became a highly sought after fine dining restaurant. The Vino E...

Taryn Merrill is the Chef/Owner of Fresh AF Bakeshop in Plaistow, NH. Trayn decided she wanted to bake and decorate cakes when she was just 14 years old. She went off to Johnson & Wales in Providence, RI, and got jobs in various settings until the COVID-19 pandemic when she started baking and selling banana bread out of her house. Business quickly picked up until she opened a 600 square foot locat...

Tim O'Brien is the Chef/Owner of Cornicello in Exeter, NH. Tim was a teacher until 2009 when he started selling home made pasta at farmer's markets. He was successful selling his pasta, so in 2010 he opened his first restaurant in Brunswick, ME. He opened a second location in 2013 and closed his first location a year later. Then, in 2019, he opened Cornicello in Exeter and soon after closed his se...

Jonathan Blakeslee is the Owner of  White Heron Tea and Coffee based in Portsmouth, NH. Jonathan was previously on the show for episode 417 back in 2017. Since then, White heron has opened a second location in Eliot, ME, just 10 minutes from Portsmouth, NH.  Today's sponsors: Restaurant Systems Pro  - Join the 60-day  Restaurant Systems Pro FREE TRAINING . This is something that has never been don...

Arlin Smith is a Partner at Big Tree Hospitality in Portland, Maine. Arlin was previously a guest on Restaurant Unstoppable back in 2018 for episode 545. Check that episode out to learn about his back story. Big Tree Hospitality currently consists of Eventide, Honey Paw, Big Tree Commissary, Big Tree Catering, and Little Spruce Bakery. Today's sponsors: Meez : Are you a chef, owner, operator, or m...

Chef Paul Callahan is the Executive Chef and a Partner at Vino E Vivo in Exeter, NH. Chef Paul was previously on the show in 2015 for episode 135! Chef Paul left Brine and Ceia in Newburyport, MA, two restaurants he was running, in 2019 because he was feeling burnt out. He then attempted to turn his homestead into a farm-to-table restaurant/kitchen and permaculture. When those plans fell through,...

Gloria Varney is the Chef/owner of Nezinscot Farm in Turner, Maine. Gloria and her husband Gregg bought Nezinscot Farm from Gregg's parents in 1987. She went to school to learn about comunity health education and soon realized the farm was where she could best carry this out with her community. She started working at the farm in as a fiber artist with fiber producing animals, and since then it has...

Ari Weinzweig is a Co-Founding Partner at Zingerman's Community of Business. Zingerman's Deli was the first business opened by Ari and his business partner, back in 1982. Today there are 9 locations under various concepts today, as well as wholesale online and in-store. Ari is also the author of 4 books, covering building a great business, leadership, managing ourselves, and the power of beliefs i...