The River Café, Brooklyn : ChefDb: The Chef and Restaurant Database

The River Café 1 Water Street Brooklyn, New York Tel: 718.522.5200 Website	Closed October 2012 after Hurricane Sandy; reopened December 2013.
(1977 - 2012 ; 2013 - )

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Back of the House
Duration	Name	Position
[2008]	John Amendola	Line Cook
2006 - 2007	Erica Hanson	Pastry Sous Chef
2005 - Present	Karen McGrath	Pastry Chef
--	Eric Hara	--
2004 - 2005	Daniel Skurnick	Pastry Chef
2004 - 2005	Kevin Milisauskas	Chef de Partie
2004 - 2006	Ed Harris	Tournant
2003	Anton Nocito	Line Cook
2003 - 2004	Ellen Sternau	Pastry Chef
2003	Michael Moffatt	Cook
2001 - Present	Brad Steelman	Executive Chef
2000 - 2004	Ryan Schmidtberger	Cook
[2000]	Francisco Migoya	Pastry Chef
--	Ed Witt	--
--	John Cantwell	--
1999 - 2000	Tom Kearney	Station Chef
1998 - 2000	Michael J Smith	Line Cook
--	Bill McDaniel	--
--	Ari Nieminen	--
1995	Adrian Hoffman	Chef de Partie - Entrées
--	Linda Rodriguez	--
1994 - 2000	Rick Laakkonen	Executive Chef
1992	Johnny Iuzzini	Pastry Assistant Garde Manger
--	Robert Ribant	--
1991	Shaun Lewis	Stagiaire
--	Rocco DiSpirito	Stagiaire
1990 - 1993	John Loughran	Chef Sous Chef
--	Paul Wade	--
[1989]	Diane Forley	Apprentice/Commis
--	Mark Chmielewski	Apprentice/Commis
--	Ken Oringer	--
1988 - 1992	Stanley Novak	Sous Chef
1988 - 1989	Kenneth J. Lammer	Saucier Sous Chef - Day Pastry Sous Chef
1988 - 1989	Eric LeVine	Cook
1987 - 1991	David Burke	Executive Chef
1987 - 1988	Brian Fitzgerald	Line Cook
--	Gerry Hayden	Line Cook Pastry Cook
1986 - 1990	Rick Laakkonen	--
--	Alex Ureña	Garde Manger Dishwasher
--	Richard Leach	--
--	Neil Murphy	--
1985 - 1987	David Burke	Sous Chef
--	Eric Gouteyron	Pastry Chef
1983 - 1986	Charlie Palmer	Executive Chef
--	Herb Wilson	--
1981 - 1984	George Morrone	--
--	Larry Albert	Chef de Cuisine
1979 - 1983	Larry Forgione	Executive Chef
--	Rafael Palomino	--
--	Michel Jean	--
Front of the House
Duration	Name	Position
2007 - 2009	Rebecca Lukens	Private Dining Room Coordinator
1977 - Present	Michael 'Buzzy' O'Keeffe	Owner/Proprietor

Last updated: 2020-10-26

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