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EPISODE · Feb 26, 2026 · 34 MIN

Dennis Berkowitz | Veteran Restaurateur | Ep#45 🎙The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙

from The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙 · host Steve Zimmerman

Join us for Ep#45 of🎙The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙 with Dennis Berkowitz, Veteran Restaurateur & Hospitality Executive. Join the 1,000,000+ who’ve heard our 44 Episodes.. Podcasts are available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio and everywhere you get your podcasts! Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com About Dennis Berkowitz Dennis Berkowitz is a veteran restaurateur and hospitality executive with 50+ years of leadership in food and beverage operations, concept development, and restaurant standards. Founder and President of Max’s World, he built one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s largest independent restaurant companies, operating 14 restaurants since 1978. Dennis also led global F&B growth as Vice President at Hyatt Hotels & Resorts—helping design and develop 40 hotels and 200 restaurants—and held senior leadership at Fairmont Hotels, plus a robust consulting career. Earlier in his career, Dennis was a Food & Beverage Director with the Hotel Corporation of America (now Sonesta Hotels & Resorts), holding leadership roles at the Somerset Hotel in Boston and Charter House Hotels in Euclid and Newton. A recognized industry standout, he was the youngest-ever recipient of the Silver Plate Award in the hotel industry category (1974). Join the 1,000,000+ who’ve heard our 44 Episodes. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com INTERESTED in a being a guest? Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at [email protected] or call 818-212-9201. ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY Now celebrating our 30th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 8,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 450+ Deals since 2020! For more information, please visit www.restaurantrealty.com.       Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, success stories, challenges, and more. Launched in January 2022, the Restaurant Dealmaker Show has yielded 1,000,000+ views of its 45 episodes via YouTube, Facebook and podcasts. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com INTERESTED in a being a guest? Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at [email protected] or call 818-212-9201. ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY Now celebrating our 30th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020! #RestaurantBrokers #RestaurantBrokerage #SteveZimmerman

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