Andrew Steinthal: How He Built The Infatuation and Sold It To JPMorgan Chase
Post Run High
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🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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How Andrew Steinthal turned a passion into a business loved by millions.
In this episode, Andrew Steinthal shares the story behind building The Infatuation — from his early days in the music industry to launching one of the most trusted restaurant review platforms in the country. He reflects on the moment he met his co-founder, the creative spark that led to their first reviews, and the highs and lows of growing a startup from passion project to acquisition by JPMorgan Chase. Andrew opens up about resilience in entrepreneurship and what it takes to build a brand people truly love. A conversation about curiosity, community, and staying true to what moves you.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, it's your friend Kate Max and welcome back to post run high. |
| 0:08.8 | Today's guest is Andrew Steinfall, the co-founder of the infatuation. |
| 0:12.9 | And if you live in New York, you already know. |
| 0:15.2 | But the infatuation is basically the city's restaurant Bible. |
| 0:19.5 | It's where everybody goes to figure out where to eat from |
| 0:22.2 | last minute date nights to new spots that you have to try. Before we sat down for this conversation, |
| 0:27.1 | Andrew and I went for a run through Brooklyn, which felt especially full circle because we found |
| 0:31.2 | out in today's conversation that in the early days of the infatuation, Andrew and his team actually |
| 0:35.9 | hosted run clubs that would end with the |
| 0:38.2 | group eating at a local restaurant. And I just love knowing that running was a part of the brand |
| 0:42.1 | start and a way to build community through movement and food. In this episode, we talk about how |
| 0:47.1 | the infatuation began as a side project between two friends, how it turned into one of the most |
| 0:51.9 | trusted food media brands in the world, and what |
| 0:54.6 | it was really like navigating its massive acquisition by J.P. Morgan Chase. This is Andrew |
| 0:59.6 | Steenthal on Post Run High. Let's get into it. |
| 1:13.6 | Andrew Steenthal, welcome to Post Run High. Happy to be here. |
| 1:14.6 | Thank you so much for coming. |
| 1:15.6 | Absolutely. |
| 1:16.6 | How was the run for you? |
| 1:17.6 | It was great. |
| 1:18.6 | Listen, I've been a big fan of what you are building here with this whole thing as somebody who runs a lot and very much enjoys talking on the phone while running a lot. It's fun to do an interview |
| 1:29.3 | while running. Uh-huh. Who's your go-to call? That's a great question. It just depends. I feel like |
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