Michael Bonadies, partner in group that owns Nobu, Tribeca Grill, to speak at Asheville Independent Restaurant Association meeting

Jason Sandford

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Press release here:

The Asheville Independent Restaurant Association, which has grown its membership to 70 independently owned Asheville restaurants, will host a noted restaurateur, writer and consultant at its general membership meeting Tuesday, September 13 at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce.

Michael Bonadies, founding partner in Drew Nieporent’s Myriad Restaurant Group, which owns and operates such landmark New York restaurants as Tribeca Grill and Nobu as well as Nobu London, Nobu 57, Centrico and San Francisco’s Rubicon, will speak to AIR membership about restaurant trends and issues.  Bonadies is responsible for management of Myriad’s consulting and contract management services, the start up of new Myriad restaurants, new business development and new restaurant start ups.  He also manages the food and beverage operations for the Sports Club in Los Angeles and New York as well as The Coach House on Martha’s Vineyard.

In addition, Bonadies is a frequent contributor to Saveur, Gourmet, Wine & Spirits, Food & Wine, Sante, Food Arts and Restaurant Hospitality. He is author of Sip by Sip – An Insider’s Guide to Learning All About Wine and received the James Beard Foundation Journalism Award for Magazine Writing on Spirits, Beer and Wine in 1996.