About
The critic
behind the reviews.
I review restaurants because I genuinely can't stop. But I bring a different lens — I look at a dining experience the way a guest would, and the way a business owner should.
As former Director of Blackstone LaunchPad at USC, I spent years helping entrepreneurs turn raw ideas into real businesses. Before that, I worked with Macy's and Bloomingdale's to define their 5–7 year digital roadmaps — the kind of long-horizon thinking that most restaurant owners never get access to.
That background shapes how I write. When I notice a restaurant's concept is muddled or the service model undermines the food, I say it. Not to be harsh. Because getting that right is the difference between a restaurant that lasts and one that doesn't.
Blackstone LaunchPad · USC
Macy's
Bloomingdale's
Google Level 9
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