Union Square Cafe, New York : ChefDb: The Chef and Restaurant Database

Union Square Cafe 21 East 16th Street (1985 - 2015) 101 East 19th Street (2016 - Present) New York, New York Tel: 212.243.4020 Website
(1985 - 2015 ; 2016 - )

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Back of the House
Duration	Name	Position
2021 - 2022	Joseph Downey-Zayas	Chef de Cuisine
2020 - Present	Lena Ciardullo	Executive Chef
2016 - 2020	Daniel (Danny) Alvarez	Pastry Chef
2016 - 2018	Alexander Tubero	Sous Chef
2011 - 2015	Sunchar (Sunny) Raymond	Pastry Chef
2008 - 2009	Larry Finn	Executive Sous Chef
2007 - 2009	Ian Davis	Line Cook
2007 - 2019	Carmen Quagliata	Executive Chef
--	Gustavo Tzoc	Pastry Cook
--	Eric (Bubba) Gabrynowicz	Sous Chef
2005 - 2006	Sunchar (Sunny) Raymond	Pastry Assistant
2005 - 2007	Carmen Quagliata	Chef de Cuisine
--	Ben Pollinger	--
2004 - 2006	Mark Mata	Tournant
2003 - 2005	Joseph Ogrodnek	Line Cook
2003	Anton Nocito Daytime	Lead Line Cook Sauté Cook
[2003]	Deborah Snyder	Pastry Chef
2003 - 2006	Emily Isaac	Pastry Chef
--	Kevin Reilly	--
--	Luis Arce Mota	--
--	Joey D'Angelo	--
1999 - 2003	Sandro Romano	Executive Sous Chef
1999 - 2002	Victoria Burghi	Pastry Chef
1999 - 2002	Jeff Smock	Tournant
1998	Scoota Franklin	Line Cook
1998 - 2003	Dan Silverman	Executive Chef
--	Stacie Pierce	--
--	Andrew Chase	--
1997 - 2002	Ken Callaghan	Executive Sous Chef
--	Josh Moulton	Chef de Cuisine
1996 - 1997	Anthony DePalma	Internship
--	Juliette Pope	Line Cook
1996 - 1997	Ken Callaghan	Sous Chef
1995 - 1998	Dan Kluger	Line Cook
--	Jamie Leeds	Sous Chef Line Cook
1994 - 1996	Brian Goode	Executive Sous Chef
1993 - 1996	Ken Callaghan	Line Cook
--	Bonnie Graves	--
--	Leslie Kaul	--
1989 - 1990	Ralf Kuettel	Tournant
--	Claudia Fleming	Assistant Pastry Chef
1988 - 1993	Michael Romano	Executive Chef
1985 - 1988	Ali Barker	Executive Chef
Front of the House
Duration	Name	Position
2016 - 2017	Samuel Lipp	Director of Operations
2014 - 2015	Michael Scaffidi	Wine Director
2012 - 2017	Samuel Lipp	Managing Partner
2012 - 2013	Rebecca Lukens	FOH Manager
2011 - 2012	Samuel Lipp	General Manager
2010 - 2012	Rebecca Lukens	Maitre d'
2006 - 2009	Stephen Mancini	Wine & Spirits Director
--	Stephen Mancini	Manager
1993 - Present	Michael Romano	Co-owner/Partner Corporate Executive Chef
--	Jason Denton	Server
1985 - Present	Danny Meyer	Co-owner/Partner

Last updated: 2023-11-24

Outstanding Wine Service, James Beard Foundation (1999)
Restaurant of the Year, James Beard Foundation (1997)
Outstanding Service, James Beard Foundation (1992)

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