First We Feast Highlights NYC Restaurateur Gabriel Stulman In New Documentary
The James Beard Award-winning website First We Feast takes an intimate look at one of New York City's most influential restaurateurs in its first in-depth documentary
NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- First We Feast, Complex's James Beard Award–winning food website, has launched its first in-depth documentary, "The Gabriel Stulman Story," detailing the rise of the New York restaurateur's ever-growing Happy Cooking Hospitality empire.
The documentary offers an inside look at Stulman's influential and tight-knit cluster of restaurants in downtown Manhattan, which includes perpetually packed hot spots like Perla, Fedora, and Montmartre.
Like New York restaurant titans Danny Meyer (Shake Shack, Gramercy Tavern) and Keith McNally (Balthazar, Minetta Tavern) before him, Stulman has built a powerful brand that thrives in the face of the city's brutal dining market, where more than 80% of new openings fail.
Through candid interviews with Stulman, his staff, and restaurant regulars, the documentary reveals how the formerly dubbed "Little Wisco" group -- nicknamed for Stulman's roots bartending in Madison, WI -- grew from Joseph Leonard, a tiny 31-seat restaurant that nearly burned to the ground in its first year, to a 6 restaurant empire that now defines the dining zeitgeist in New York's most desirable zip code.
What's remarkable about Stulman's success is its human scale: His restaurants are small and packed with personal details, and his staff is fiercely loyal. Still, chefs, bar owners, and restaurateurs all herald to him as one of the city's most unstoppable scenemakers.
This is his remarkable story.
Contact: Chris Schonberger, Editor-in-Chief, First We Feast, [email protected]
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/NtmpSv-Uigw
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