No Shortcuts: Anthony Rose On Building Toronto's Most Beloved Restaurant Empire

Anthony Rose, chef and restaurateur behind some of Toronto's most beloved spots, opens up about what really happened behind the scenes of building eight restaurants, losing four of them to COVID, and what it felt like to watch something deeply personal become very publicly discussed.He reflects on the moment a single review destroyed a restaurant overnight, why he stopped reading his own press entirely, and what he discovered when COVID forced him to slow down and focus on just one place. Anthony gets honest about the cost of building something personal in public, how he knew when to walk away, and why he's still showing up every day.He opens up about microdosing, managing with ADD, the mural on Dupont and the woman who spent the night with Jimi Hendrix, and why, after everything, he still shows up every single day.Follow Gettin ChaiInstagram - @gettin_chaiYouTube - @gettinchaipodcastFollow AnthonyInstagram - @chefanthonyrose00:00 Intro03:08 Rose and Sons and How It All Started07:49 The Queen Street Restaurant That Didn't Work08:31 The Review That Killed a Restaurant12:07 Fat Pasha Twelve Years In14:00 The Dupont Mural and the Jimi Hendrix Story17:18 Balancing Creativity With Running a Business19:52 Knowing When to Open or Walk Away21:36 Does Every Closure Feel Like a Failure23:44 How COVID Wiped Out Half His Restaurants25:39 What He Learned From Slowing Down28:53 ADD Routine and Why Less Is More29:04 How Fat Pasha Was Almost an Accident33:55 Rapid Fire Questions44:26 What Is Next For Anthony Rose