Drew Nieporent: Nobu's Partner Remembers

from Special Sauce with Ed Levine · host Ed Levine

On this episode of Special Sauce we talk to the restaurateur's restaurateur Drew Nieporent about his lifelong love affair with restaurants. Nieporent partnered with Nobu Matsuhisa and movie star Robert DeNiro to open Nobu in NY. And even before Nobu, Nieporent played a leading role in establishing NYC's Tribeca neighborhood restaurant scene when he opened Montrachet in 1985. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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