Downtown Restaurant Owners

[Towntalk]

When I choose to dine out, the restaurant that I select must serve one of these wines:

Dom Pérignon Champagne

B&G Château Magnol

B&G Château Barrail-Laussac

[iwasthere]

if all of us on this blog owned restaurants tt, you just describe all of us on this blog, thank you for the compliment.

[Towntalk]

For those who don't know what I'm talking about here are the definitions:


Raconteur (a person who excels in telling anecdotes)  and Bon vivant (a person having cultivated, refined, and sociable tastes especially with respect to food and drink).

[Towntalk]

Why?Town, you made a very good point as to owner customer relationships. Unfortunately in being a regular viewer of the Food Network, the sort of contact you referenced is encouraged in many of their shows, the exception being the Diners Drive-Ins and Dives show that spotlights the sort of restaurant owners that fit the bill Raconteur and Bon vivant.

[Towntalk]

There were two who fit the bill, but unfortunately, as far as I know, their sons have taken the establishment over it's not quite the same, and also unfortunately it's not downtown, but on the North Side ... the Golden Dawn. And it's also a great restaurant.

[Why?Town]

How much of a fixture does a customer have to be to be able to answer this question?  I go out to eat regularly but haven't met most owners and those I have it's little more than a "How's everything", "Just fine" to "Great" (usually)  and off they go.

[Lyndz]

this is a tough question, over the past 5 years and in some cases more I have gotten to know each of them very well. All of them care about downtown and the area and are very passionate about their businesses.

[Towntalk]

Question: Am I speaking over the heads of the folks here ar mahoningvalley.info or something?

[Towntalk]

Of all the downtown restaurant owners, who is the best of the best Raconteur and Bon vivant?