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Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, success stories, challenges, and more.

Launched in January 2022, the Restaurant Dealmaker Show has yielded 1,000,000+ views of its 45 episodes via YouTube, Facebook and podcasts. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com

INTERESTED in a being a guest? Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at [email protected] or call 818-212-9201.

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 30th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

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Pete Sittnick is a longstanding restauranteur in San Francisco. He has served as Managing Partner of Waterbar and EPIC Steak since the iconic restaurants opened in 2008. Sittnick has opened, operated and supervised more than 20 restaurants in the Bay Area and across the country.

Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, success stories, challenges, and more.

Launched in January 2022, the Restaurant Dealmaker Show has yielded 1,000,000+ views of its 45 episodes via YouTube, Facebook and podcasts. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com

INTERESTED in a being a guest? Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at [email protected] or call 818-212-9201.

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 30th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

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Chef Roland Passot is an acclaimed French-born chef, restaurateur, and culinary leader whose career began in Lyon, France, where he trained under renowned Michelin-starred chefs Jean-Paul Lacombe of Léon de Lyon and Pierre Orsi before continuing his journey in Chicago at the legendary Le Français with Jean Banchet. After moving to San Francisco, he opened La Folie in 1988, earning national recognition including James Beard honors, top rankings from Zagat, 7×7 Magazine, San Francisco Magazine, the San Francisco Chronicle, and a Michelin star. Following La Folie’s celebrated 32-year run, Chef Passot continues to shape the Bay Area dining scene as Founder and Culinary Director of Vine Dining Hospitality, which includes Left Bank, Meso, LB Steak, and Petite Left Bank concepts. He also serves on the board of Sprouts Chef Training, is an advisory member of Ment’or, and is a member of Maîtres Cuisiniers de France and the Académie Culinaire de France.

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Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, success stories, challenges, and more.

Launched in January 2022, the Restaurant Dealmaker Show has yielded 1,000,000+ views of its 45 episodes via YouTube, Facebook and podcasts. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com

INTERESTED in a being a guest? Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at [email protected] or call 818-212-9201.

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 30th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

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Join us for Ep#47 of🎙The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙with Faz Poursohi, Founder & Principal, Faz Restaurants.

ABOUT FAZ POURSOHI

Faz Poursohi is a celebrated Bay Area restaurateur whose career reflects a rare blend of culinary passion, entrepreneurial vision, and operational excellence. Born in Tehran and inspired early by the freshness and flavor of farm-to-table living, Faz came to the United States in 1974 to study Systems Engineering at the University of Illinois, before ultimately following his true calling in hospitality. After sharpening his leadership skills with Rich Melman’s Lettuce Entertain You in Chicago and later launching California’s historic MacArthur Park Restaurant in Palo Alto, Faz went on to build a distinguished restaurant group known for wood-fired Mediterranean cuisine, local sourcing, and enduring guest loyalty. Over the decades, he has opened acclaimed restaurants across the Bay Area, led major catering and corporate dining operations, earned the University of Illinois Outstanding Alumni Award, and remains today the driving force behind MacArthur Park in Palo Alto and Faz Restaurants & Catering in San Jose.

Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at [email protected] or call 818-212-9201.

Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, success stories, challenges, and more.

Launched in January 2022, the Restaurant Dealmaker Show has yielded 1,000,000+ views of its 45 episodes via YouTube, Facebook and podcasts. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com

INTERESTED in a being a guest? Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at [email protected] or call 818-212-9201.

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 30th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

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Brian Bennett is the founder and principal of Bennett Hospitality Group, a family-owned restaurant company behind three chef-driven, community-focused restaurants in Northern California. With more than 40 years in the industry, he has built a legacy defined by operational excellence, hands-on leadership, and a deep commitment to genuine hospitality. From early roles that taught him the discipline of the craft to leadership positions with major national brands including Olive Garden and Chevy’s Fresh Mex—where he helped scale the company from six locations to more than 145 nationwide—Brian developed a reputation for building strong teams and successful restaurant concepts. He later brought that experience home by helping found Paul Martin’s American Grill and ultimately creating Bennett Hospitality Group, where scratch-made food, family values, and caring for the community remain at the heart of the business.

Join the 1,000,000+ who’ve heard our 45 Episodes. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, success stories, challenges, and more.

Launched in January 2022, the Restaurant Dealmaker Show has yielded 1,000,000+ views of its 45 episodes via YouTube, Facebook and podcasts. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com

INTERESTED in a being a guest? Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at [email protected] or call 818-212-9201.

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 30th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

#RestaurantBrokers #RestaurantBrokerage #SteveZimmerman

Dennis Berkowitz is a veteran restaurateur and hospitality executive with 50+ years of leadership in food and beverage operations, concept development, and restaurant standards. Founder and President of Max’s World, he built one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s largest independent restaurant companies, operating 14 restaurants since 1978. Dennis also led global F&B growth as Vice President at Hyatt Hotels & Resorts—helping design and develop 40 hotels and 200 restaurants—and held senior leadership at Fairmont Hotels, plus a robust consulting career. Earlier in his career, Dennis was a Food & Beverage Director with the Hotel Corporation of America (now Sonesta Hotels & Resorts), holding leadership roles at the Somerset Hotel in Boston and Charter House Hotels in Euclid and Newton. A recognized industry standout, he was the youngest-ever recipient of the Silver Plate Award in the hotel industry category (1974).

Join the 1,000,000+ who’ve heard our 44 Episodes. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, success stories, challenges, and more.

Launched in January 2022, the Restaurant Dealmaker Show has yielded 1,000,000+ views of its 45 episodes via YouTube, Facebook and podcasts. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com

INTERESTED in a being a guest? Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at [email protected] or call 818-212-9201.

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 30th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

#RestaurantBrokers #RestaurantBrokerage #SteveZimmerman

Join the 850,000+ who’ve heard our 43 Episodes. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 29th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, success stories, challenges, and more.

Launched in January 2022, the Restaurant Dealmaker Show has yielded 1,000,000+ views of its 45 episodes via YouTube, Facebook and podcasts. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com

INTERESTED in a being a guest? Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at [email protected] or call 818-212-9201.

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 30th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

#RestaurantBrokers #RestaurantBrokerage #SteveZimmerman

Chef Kevin Weinberg is a celebrated chef and restaurateur with more than 50 years of experience spanning Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, Australia, and the United States. After honing his craft at the California Culinary Academy and under esteemed mentors such as Albert Tordjman, Kevin built a career defined by culinary exploration, innovation, and leadership, including opening nine restaurants in Sydney and directing multiple international kitchens. In 1997, he and longtime partner Ellen McCarty realized their dream with the opening of Walnut Creek Yacht Club, which quickly became a Bay Area dining institution recognized for its award-winning seafood, wine program, and hospitality. Named Best Chef by Diablo Magazine and Walnut Creek Magazine, Kevin’s legacy is one of passion, creativity, and dedication to the art of fine dining, leaving an indelible mark on the culinary community.

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 29th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, success stories, challenges, and more.

Launched in January 2022, the Restaurant Dealmaker Show has yielded 1,000,000+ views of its 45 episodes via YouTube, Facebook and podcasts. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com

INTERESTED in a being a guest? Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at [email protected] or call 818-212-9201.

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 30th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

#RestaurantBrokers #RestaurantBrokerage #SteveZimmerman

Emily is the Founder and CEO of Boichik Bagels, begun as a pop up in 2017 and is now 10 shops in California plus wholesale. The bagels have been acclaimed by no less than the New York Times as arguably better than those found in New York. She has degrees in mechanical engineering and transportation technology and policy from Cornell and UC Davis, and calls herself a bagel engineer. 

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 29th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, success stories, challenges, and more.

Launched in January 2022, the Restaurant Dealmaker Show has yielded 1,000,000+ views of its 45 episodes via YouTube, Facebook and podcasts. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com

INTERESTED in a being a guest? Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at [email protected] or call 818-212-9201.

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 30th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

#RestaurantBrokers #RestaurantBrokerage #SteveZimmerman

Restaurant Deal Making EXPOSED! is a podcast to support Sellers and Buyers through the restaurant or bar sales process. Show hosts Patrick Totah and Andy Mirabell are ex-restaurateurs and seasoned brokers who specialize exclusively in restaurant sales and are here to expose the good, the bad, and the ugly of restaurant transactions.

Every other week, join them and their guest experts as they leverage their industry experience to uncover the secrets to successful deals, expose the challenges, share insider knowledge and wisdom, and provide invaluable insights and practical advice for buyers, sellers, and lessees to help them avoid common pitfalls, and guide them through the restaurant transaction process as seamlessly as possible. To episodes click here.

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 29th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,200 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,600 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 75 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,500 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, success stories, challenges, and more.

Launched in January 2022, the Restaurant Dealmaker Show has yielded 1,000,000+ views of its 45 episodes via YouTube, Facebook and podcasts. Learn more at RestaurantDealmaker.com

INTERESTED in a being a guest? Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at [email protected] or call 818-212-9201.

ABOUT RESTAURANT REALTY

Now celebrating our 30th year, Restaurant Realty Company® has a successful track record helping over 3,400 clients in completing over $1,000,000,000 (billion) of Business and Real Estate Transactions including the following: Selling/leasing over 1,700 restaurant, bar and/or nightclub businesses, Selling over 80 related commercial buildings, Leasing over 3.5 Million square feet of commercial space and Completing over 7,000 valuations. The majority of our staff have either owned and/or managed restaurants. Our deep experience as operators means we understand your business from the inside out. Restaurant Realty has Closed Escrow and/or Leased 400+ Deals since 2020!

#RestaurantBrokers #RestaurantBrokerage #SteveZimmerman