829: Andy Pforzheimer Co-Founder of Bartaco and Barcelona Wine Bar

<p><a href= "https://restaurantunstoppable.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Andy-Pforzheimer-WEBSITE.png"> <img class="alignnone wp-image-15167 size-large" src= "https://restaurantunstoppable.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Andy-Pforzheimer-WEBSITE-1024x1024.png" alt="Andy Pforzheimer Restaurant Unstoppable Podcast" width="1024" height="1024" /></a></p> <p>With excitement allow me to introduce to you today's guest, co-founder of <a href="https://bartaco.com/">Bartaco</a> and <a href="https://barcelonawinebar.com/">Barcelona Wine Bar</a> and CEO of <a href="https://www.tastemakeracq.com/">Taste Maker Acquisition Corps</a>, and I should mention you hold titles with <a href="https://www.getwisely.com/">Wisely</a>, <a href= "https://www.usfoods.com/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Brand&utm_term=us%20foods&gclsrc=aw.ds&gclid=Cj0KCQjwnJaKBhDgARIsAHmvz6dn3DMfw8THj4bTvK7ikMuxZJUjl3bwIWfjx7nwJlqpoFS2JIFXKWcaAsQWEALw_wcB"> US Foods</a> and <a href="https://upwardprojects.com/">Upwards Projects Restaurant Group</a>,  Andy Pforzheimer.</p> <p> </p> <p>Andy is a graduate of Harvard University. After graduating he traveled to France to explore his passion for cooking. He continued is his culinary adventures in the United States throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s. During this time he worked for notable chefs including Jeremiah Tower at Stars, Anne Rosenzweig at both Arcadia and the "21" Club and Patrick Healy at Colette.</p> <p>He thought he had his fill of cooking and went to work as the original food editor for Matha Stweart Living magazine. Turns out, he prefers to work on his feet and before long he was back in kitchens with the catering and consulting businesses he started.  It was during this time he met his business partner,  Sasa Mahr-Batuz. The two opened the first Barcelona Wine Bar location in 1996 which they scaled to 6 locations. In 2010, Pforzheimer and Mahr-Batuz started Bartaco.  In 2012 they took on a partner in Hal Rosser and Rosser Capital, opening even more restaurants. In June 2018, with