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effectguitar6-blog · 5 years ago

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The Group Behind Felix Plots a “Clean Eating” Downtown LA Restaurant

The Canadian restaurant group behind pasta haven Felix in Venice is growing its local footprint, landing a ground-floor restaurant called Gusto Green right along busy Hill Street in Downtown’s Jewelry District. The entire block between 7th Street and 8th Street is being overhauled with new office space, with Gary Vaynerchuk of all people overseeing a new members-only club, so Gusto Green should have plenty of foot traffic once it arrives.

Gusto 54 is the group that helped to bring Evan Funke’s passion project Felix to life last year. It’s one of the more successful restaurant groups in Canada, Janet Zuccarini, a restaurateur who also serves as a judge on Top Chef Canada, oversees its operation. Felix was the team’s first Stateside project, though now it seems they’re putting down roots.

Asked for comment about what exactly Gusto Green will be, Toronto-based group president Juanita Dickson says that the restaurant will mostly “focus on healthy, clean eating,” with a focus on produce from the farmers market, of course. The physical space itself will feature “an open concept kitchen, wood fired pizza oven and large scale Tuscan grill.” Details are scarce beyond that as construction is still underway in the space, though the Gusto 54 team did mark an opening for sometime next year.

Even more interesting is the assemblage of people and developments happening around Gusto 54 on Hill Street, just a block north of Shibumi and around the corner from the Freehand Hotel. Not only are developers dropping in 50,000 square feet of office space, but prodigious public speaker and businessman Gary Vaynerchuk is also creating a cannabis industry-focused members only club upstairs. The entire property will ultimately have a rooftop events area, underground bar, and various floors of office and lounge space.

Despite the “Green” name, Gusto has not yet said how they’ll be infused into the cannabis playground upstairs, if at all. It also seems as though Funke is not involved with this project, though he himself has said that he would like to open several more projects, both locally and perhaps in New York City.

Gusto Green. 718 S. Hill St., Los Angeles, CA.

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meanwebhost · 6 years ago

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Gusto 54 Restaurant Group: Canada’s Best Managed Companies 2019

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When Janet Zuccarini bought her first restaurant, she’d only been back in Toronto for two weeks after living in Italy. She’d also never waited a table. But Zuccarini, now a celebrity chef and restaurant mogul, had earned an undergrad and MBA while overseas, and when a great opportunity presented itself—“It’s a long…

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thedtlatimes · 6 years ago

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mikemortgage · 6 years ago

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Your leadership might be only as good as your mentorship

Being a boss means wearing many different hats. At any time you could be a recruiter, a supervisor, a salesperson, a counsellor, a mediator … the list goes on. But among all the roles you step into, the most important and defining will be your success — or failure — as a leader.

Janet Zuccarini is no stranger to juggling these titles. As owner and CEO of the Gusto 54 Restaurant Group, she’s created a food empire that includes multiple restaurants across North America. And if that wasn’t enough, she’s also a judge on Top Chef Canada.

In an industry that’s notorious for turnover, Zuccarini has been able to foster and develop leaders among the s0-called job-hopping millennial generation. She attributes her to success directly to the people on her team. New ideas, innovations and inspiration from her employees have evolved into restaurants, projects and concepts for Gusto 54.

“The right culture can make or break your retention and that means your financial success as well,” said Zuccarini. “The right people are the most valuable resource in our industry and decisions should be made through that lens.”

Hire for personality, train for skill

There are three character traits that Zuccarini looks for during interviews. The first is passion, the second is a clear interest in growing with the team, and the last is self-awareness.

“I ask candidates why they would or wouldn’t be successful in the role. It demonstrates what level of self-awareness, goal-setting and intellect they have,” said Zuccarini.

The key is to create systems, best practices and training platforms that allow leaders to hire for personality, then train for skill and develop each individual.

“They should have the personality that makes us want the interview to last longer. When the interview becomes more of a conversation, that’s a good sign.”

Create intrepreneurship

Zuccarini has embedded her entrepreneurial spirit into the culture of the company. This is what she says inspires a loyal team and innovative future leaders.

“(Everyone on my team) is made to feel like they own a piece of the restaurants. We built our culture based on entrepreneurialism.”

Keep developing their skill sets

Zuccarini makes sure her team is given the opportunity to succeed by focusing on what they do right rather than what they’ve done wrong.

“We launched Gusto 54 University to aid aspiring leaders through online learning, knowledge reinforcement, systems training, people management and personalized goal setting. Having set-in-place leadership programs allows employees to know you’re open to them growing with your company and in turn reduces turnover rates.”

Treat your staff like your family

A strong sense of belonging creates a team that is able to work together in order to achieve the common goals of the business.

“When someone joins our family, we work towards our common goals. We focus on developing our people while they focus on developing the business. Ultimately, we grow and open new locations and businesses as the talent in our four walls grows and is ready for that next step. We learn and grow together.”

Zuccarini shares that millennials want what we all want: to be supported genuinely and recognized for a job well done. By creating a fun environment with opportunities to grow in an inspirational atmosphere, the next generation of leaders are sure to rise.

“A great leader is someone who demonstrates care and guidance to their people. They collect followers and create leaders.”

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vivianrhopper85 · 6 years ago

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Gusto 101

Gusto 101 is a modern take on Southern Italian cuisine. Restaurateur Janet Zuccarini, owner and founder of Gusto 54 restaurant and catering group, opened Gusto 101’s doors in 2012. Gusto 54 also owns names such as Chubby’s Jamaican Kitchen, Pai, and Trattoria Nervosa.

Gusto in the Italian language translates to tasty, and Gusto 101 lives up to its name. The spot consistently finds its way to top 10 lists on sites such as BlogTO, Narcity, and Toronto Life. The location is an old, repurposed garage in Downtown Toronto on the intersection of Portland and Adelaide. For the past six years, this building has served some of the best plates of pasta, pizzas, and other Italian favourites in Toronto and continues to do so.

Atmosphere

Gusto 101 is a highly prominent name in the Toronto restaurant scene. I was always under the impression that it was another pretentious, high-end dining Italian spot, but I was wrong. Gusto 101 is a lot more casual than I expected: the staff wear Gusto 101 t-shirts and denim shorts, the restaurant itself is very open and well lit, and the two gorgeous patios allow patrons to take off the suits and ties to just relax.

As I mentioned, there are two patios: one in the front and one upstairs. There’s also the main dining area on the bottom floor. The place has plenty of capacity for diners.

The main floor patio has a handful of tables, and each table has a massive parasol to protect people from the sun as they eat. It faces Portland Street, which is relatively quaint in comparison to the rest of Toronto.

Once you walk in, you’ll see the main seating area. I went during the daytime when the sun was out, so much of the lighting was via pyramid-shaped skylights. This natural light gave the area a beautiful vibe and atmosphere. And this part of the restaurant is also where the open kitchen is as well as one of the two bars (the other is at the upstairs patio). You can see chefs bustling away at open flames and bartenders chatting away with guests.

The rooftop patio—where I chose to sit—was my favourite part. This patio was essentially a cube of glass, making it usable in the winter time, where panels are taken out to create the patio environment. The glass ceilings also funnel natural light into the main floor’s interior dining area through the pyramid-shaped skylights. The pyramids are a unique decorative feature and provide a cool seating area for patrons. A favourite detail was the vintage signs around the restaurant that casual it up and really add to the atmosphere.

Menu Range

I came to Gusto 101 on a Saturday afternoon and ordered from the brunch menu. According to the waitress, the regular Gusto menu isn’t available on the weekend afternoons, but their brunch items looked just as good. It’s primarily broken out into six sections: Brunch, which is comprised of egg favourites like Eggs Benedict, omelettes, and the Gusto "Brunch" Hamburger; Bruschetta, which had four different toast dishes; Bowl, consisting of two yogurt-based breakfast bowls; Brunch Dolce, for sweet breakfast options; Pizze, which is pizza; and Dolci, for desserts such as tiramisu or cannoli.

There’s a good mix between the savoury and sweet options. There’s also a mix of tradition brunch and Gusto’s well known Italian-style. Even though the menu was catered towards earlier times in the day, the alcohol selection was enormous and a lot of the patrons had cocktails and wine glasses laid out at 11:30 AM.

Pricewise, the brunch menu matches the atmosphere: casual. You’re not dishing out fine-dining Italian restaurant money; everything was under $20. For such a renown restaurant, I thought that the prices were fantastic.

I came prepared for lunch and not brunch, so I didn’t look too in-depth into the brunch section. I love bruschetta, however, so that’s where I first set my sights. The mushroom toast looked like an amazing appetizer, so I opted to start with that. Afterward, I added a Prosciutto e Rucola pizza and finished with a strawberry panna cotta.

Appetizer

The mushroom bruschetta. It’s quite a simple dish—wild mushrooms on a grilled sourdough bread with herbed ricotta, taleggio, and olive oil—but Gusto makes it fantastic. The caramelization on the mushrooms provided a hint of sweetness to contrast the olive oil fat and the ricotta’s savouriness. The sourdough bread was toasted to perfection: crisp and light. I never knew that bread could be toasted so well!

At first, I thought $12.99 for three pieces of bread and mushrooms was quite a bit, but the quality of the ingredients makes the dish worth its price tag. The bruschetta section of the menu also has an option to add an egg for $1.99, and this is definitely going on my to-do list for my next Gusto brunch visit.

Main Course

The Prosciutto e Rucola was the next item, and I didn’t love it as much as I did the mushroom bruschetta. The pizza consisted of tomatoes, mozzarella, prosciutto, arugula, and Parmigiano. While I’m a big fan of mozzarella, I absolutely hate goat cheese and the Parmigiano had a similar flavour to goat cheese. Therefore, if you like goat cheese, this may be the pizza for you. Aside from that, I found the prosciutto a bit too salty.

In contrast to my complaints, the crust of the pizza was delicious. Again, it was crisp, light and full of flavour—similar to the sourdough bread from the bruschetta. And while hard to tame, the arugula was a refreshing delight to the harsh cheese and prosciutto flavours—it was almost like a border that protects any ingredient from being too powerful and overtaking the dish. Overall, I was quite happy with the pizza.

Dessert

I had a sweet tooth, as usual, and ordered a strawberry panna cotta for dessert. This item must be new because it had a more complicated name that I couldn’t recall; yet when I went online to find it, it wasn’t on the Gusto website. When the waiter arrived with the panna cotta, he also mentioned that it was gluten-free, which was a nice surprise. Though I don’t suffer from celiac, this is something I would recommend to someone who does.

The panna cotta was my favourite part of the meal. The base was evidently yogurt, which makes it a nice breakfast dessert. The top pink portion was what made it unique, however. The sweet upper tasted like a solidified, grapefruit soda, and I loved it. I don’t know how the artists at Gusto did it, but there was a bit of carbonation to it. It was not only delicious but quite fun to eat.

Service

Service was great. As soon as I walked in, the hostess took care of me and said it was fine if I took a few pictures. She asked where we wanted to sit and recommended the upstairs patio for the nicest views.

The waitress who served us was also very friendly. A friend of mine who joined me had a nut allergy, so she recommended a few dishes to fit his diet. The desserts were also mostly nut-based, but she was able to rid the panna cotta of pine nuts so that he could try it, as well. Though we started off with a dirty spoon, they were quick to provide us with additional silverware.

The staff at Gusto 101 were fast and attentive. I loved their uniforms, as it purveyed professionalism and style. Their attitudes were bright, professional, and friendly.

Feeling Afterward

I felt good afterward. The meal wasn’t too heavy. It had a nice mix of every food group and made for a perfect brunch. I felt satisfied—neither still hungry nor too full. I only wished that I had a chance to try the lunch or dinner menu. Their varieties of pastas sound delicious. With that being said, I can’t wait to go again for some drinks, pastas, and a good time at the beautiful restaurant.

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