6 NYC Restaurant Vets Share Their Secrets to Longevity

Donna Lennard and Alfredo Ruiz at Il Buco Almentari, photo by Hernan F. Rodriguez

By Kathleen Squires

Despite a notoriously fickle restaurant scene, there are a select few NYC restaurateurs who seem to have a golden, or some would say a platinum, touch. Right now, some of the hottest new happenings are springing from a well-seasoned crew. In the slide show below, six restaurant vets still on the cutting edge show how to stay hot in an ever-changing NYC scene.