Resy Presents
For the love of restaurants — and restaurant workers everywhere. We're looking back on the past year, a year unlike any other, but also looking ahead, through the experiences of the restaurant industry across the country. Here are their stories, as told through their own voices, and their own camera rolls.
Photo illustration by Tania Bou-Samra
Summer 2020, right around her 50th birthday, was supposed to be when acclaimed chef and co-owner Kristi Brown and her…
A Year in the Life Los Angeles
Despite the many challenges that 2020 brought with it, chef Samantha Quintero says it was still “the best year of…
Like many cooks, Dago Cruz found himself without work when dining rooms closed last March and finding work, no matter…
For bartender Terry Moore, the days just before the pandemic struck in March were spent going to concerts with friends…
In January, two months before COVID-19 forced restaurants and bars across the country to close, Ajna Jai closed her family’s…
A Year in the Life San Francisco
Like many other chefs who found themselves unmoored from their full-time jobs when dining rooms closed in March 2020, Nari…
Like many of us, chef Cédric Vongerichten found himself balancing the pressures of work life and family life during the…
