Robert Guarino (Past Speaker)

Robert has over 20 years of experience creating, building and operating next level restaurant concepts.  Throughout his career, he has maintained a focus on restaurants rooted in casual fine dining with a strong emphasis on design, food, beverage, and enlightened service.  Today, he proudly plots the course for a restaurant brand that celebrates so many of the core things he loves about dining out.  

Since graduating from the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration in 1996, Robert has been fully immersed in the New York City restaurant scene.  After starting with Restaurant Associates at Rockefeller Center, Robert went to work for famed restaurateur Dr. Joe Santo at ground breaking East Side hot spots Arizona 206 and Bolivar.  It was here that he first got to work with his future partner, celebrated chef Andy D’Amico.