Chris Cosentino on being a restaurateur in the pandemic

The Adventure Stache

Payson McElveen

Outdoors, Interviews, Society & Culture, Current Events, Culture, Photography, Adventure, Mountain Biking, Celebrities, Inspirational, Basketball, Health & Fitness, Entrepreneur, Cycling, Athletes, Sports

4.9 • 727 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Chris Cosentino is a celebrity chef and avid cyclist, best known for his many television appearances on shows such as Top Chef Masters (which he won), and for owning restaurants across the US. Chris first made an appearance on the podcast in episode 16, and returns this week to talk about the state of the restaurant industry. Perhaps no area of the economy has been hit harder by the pandemic, and Chris has experienced this first hand. Last fall, he made the decision to close his San Francisco...

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0:00.0	The discussions that are being thrown around are, you know, this is a 2024 or 2025 come back to normal.
0:09.8	And when I looked at, you know, what is the output on my team's end and the safety level of our team,
0:21.7	there was no way to make a break even.
0:25.0	And I think that ultimately was what it boiled down to.
0:27.7	It's like how hard am I willing to grind into the ground and never break even?
0:35.4	It's showtime, everybody.
0:37.5	Showtime!
0:40.2	You've been living in a dream world, Neil.
0:43.9	This is the world as it exists today.
0:48.8	Life moves pretty fast.
0:51.1	You don't stop and look around once in a while.
0:53.5	You could miss it.
0:56.8	Listen, we talk about practice.
1:00.0	Repeat on the dude's room. Donnie, you're out of your element.
1:03.9	I see. You think this has nothing to do with you.
1:07.8	Don't ever trash talk black Jesus.
1:12.5	This is the adventure stash with Payson McAlvin.
1:17.4	Hello and welcome back to another episode of the Venture Stash podcast.
1:21.4	We have a repeat offender this week, Chris Costantino.
1:26.1	Chris was one of our first episodes way back when Chris is a good friend of mine that I
1:30.1	got to know via the cycling community, but he is what popular culture likes to call a
1:36.3	celebrity chef.
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