Giuseppe Gonzalez joins Damon Boelte for a raunchy, raw and real episode of The Speakeasy. Giuseppe was the head bartender at Julie Reiner’s well-known Flatiron Lounge and her more recent Brooklyn endeavor, Clover Club. Gonzalez also worked as lead barman at Sasha Petraske’s project in Long Island City, Dutch Kills, where he mixed classically-based cocktails in 19th century saloon-style digs. Since then, he's opened Painkiller, one of the best tiki bars in the country, and plans on opening Golden Cadillac in the East Village soon. Tune in for some honest insights into what it takes to open a bar in New York City and listen in for a special studio bomb from Steve Schneider. This program was sponsored by Roberta's

"My dream bar is a shitty bar. It's a bar that was made by people without contractors, architects or designers." [07:00]

"You should not be invested in what a guest drinks. You should not care. There should be a certain degree of creativity and ownership - but long story short - if somebody wants a vodka soda and bitters don't try to sell them an Old Fashioned. What people drink is personal and what they need at the time." [18:00]

--Giuseppe Gonzalez on The Speakeasy

This week on Let's Eat In Cathy Erway is joined by Owen Taylor of Just Food and Rev. DeVanie Jackson of the Brooklyn Rescue Mission and Bed-Stuy Farm . The topic of this week: chickens and, more specifically, the raising and keeping of chickens in urban New York. Learn about the The City Chicken Project and how you can help out via Kickstarter. This episode is sponsored by Just Food.

Welcome to another episode of The Morning After, hosted by Jason Colucci. This week, Jason has brought in $80 dollars worth of food magazines to talk content. Josh Russ Tupper from Russ and Daughters in the the studio, talking about his start in chemical engineering, his family's business, and why Russ and Daughters sells chocolate next to smoked fish. Hear about the local movement in terms of the smoked fish business, and some of the other great food stops in the Lower East Side. Gabriela and Gustavo Lopez are also in the house discussing their upcoming restaurant in Harlem called Vinateria. Hear about their culinary histories, and why they decided to take the leap into the restaurant business. Tune in to hear discussions about Marcus Samuelsson's Red Rooster and its place in the Harlem landscape. Finally, Jason picks up the magazines to talk about what's happening in the food scene. Music throughout has been provided by Michandi Shalimar, and this programs has been sponsored by Cain Vineyard & Winery.

"My great-grandfather started the business in 1914. Before that, he had a pushcart on Orchard Street in the Lower East Side and sold herrings and mushrooms- the same mushrooms that we actually sell today, dried Polish mushrooms." -- Josh Russ Tupper on The Morning After

"It's not who you are or what your food is, it's about who is your PR agent." -- Gabriela Lopez on opening a restaurant, The Morning After