Over the last two years, Bridget Dunlap, a former yoga instructor turned Houston bar impresario and owner, took a collection of broken-down homes, gutted them and turned them into cozy bars each with a distinct personality.
By fall 1998, Mr. Iorio, a beefy grifter in his 40's with a shady past, and Mr. Hitch, bar impresario and straight-shooting Nebraskan, were frequently hunkered together.
The sleek, mezzanined glass box of a restaurant, where you can get pies whole or by the slice, is from bar-and-restaurant impresario Cedd Moses of downtown's 213 Group and Neapolitan pizzaiolo Giulio Adriani of the Forcella pizzerias in New York and next to Moses' bar Golden Gopher.
He went back to cooking at Miracle Grill, where he was discovered by Jerome Kretchmer, the restaurant impresario behind Gotham Bar and Grill.
With the possible exceptions of Anita Sarko, who used to spin at the Palladium back when it opened, in 1985, and Sharee, who has developed a following in women's bars hosted by the glamorous impresario Wanda, Belinda is the only woman I have followed as a d.j. in New York.
The owners, Louis Ceruzzi, a developer; Paul Sevigny, of the notorious and now-shuttered Greenwich Village club Beatrice Inn and Nur Khann, the night-life impresario behind the Rose Bar above the Gramercy Park Hotel, have been emphatic on this point.
He is in court with Rande Gerber, the husband of Cindy Crawford and the impresario who runs the Whiskey bar in the Paramount and who use to run a bar at Mr. Schrager's Mondrian hotel in Los Angeles.
While performing in an Outback bar, the girls meet Chris O'Dowd's bleary impresario Dave Lovelace, who smells potential and lands them a gig entertaining soldiers in Vietnam.
The moniker belongs to a restaurant, bar and lounge conceived by L.A. club impresario Mario Oliver, the main partner in Vertigo, the downtown dance club.
As part of the deal, Rande Gerber, a nightlife impresario known for his Whiskey Bars at the W Hotels, is creating the first Maxim Lounge, which is scheduled to open at the resort by Jan . 1
Farther downtown, Momo at the Souks, from the French-Algerian impresario Mourad Mazouz, has a raging bar scene and gutsy French and North African fare.
