S1E39 - Oriana

Opening a restaurant in New York is difficult, even when the people behind it come from one of the best restaurants in the world.

When Cedric Nicaise and chef Andy Quinn set out to open The Noortwyck, they wanted to create a true West Village neighborhood restaurant—something very different from the three-Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park, where they had both previously worked. But building the restaurant has not been easy, a reality Cedric is refreshingly candid about. Some days, he admits, it can still feel nearly impossible.

At the same time, The Noortwyck cr...