Restaurateur of the Quarter Archives – Restaurant Realty Company

Adriano Paganini, Founder & CEO of Back of the House

By Restaurant Realty in Restaurant Brokerage with 0 Comments

Meet our latest RESTAURATEUR OF THE QUARTER: Adriano Paganini, Founder & CEO of Back of the House I have had the pleasure of knowing Adriano Paganini for the past fifteen years, being a customer in a number of his restaurants, as well as trying to do a deal with him for the past years. I [...]

Mercedes Raffulls and Jasmine Lymon of The Pan Restaurants in Southern California

By Steven Zimmerman, CBI, M&AMI, CBB, FIBBA in Restaurateur of the Quarter with 0 Comments

The Pan is a Gardena based restaurant that was founded in March 2012. The idea for a restaurant specializing in comfort food, made from scratch, came from owners and founders Mercedes Raffulls and Jasmine Lymon. Mercedes was working as a general manager for the Lighting division of General Electric, as well as, an Environmental Health [...]

Ali Kerachi, Multi-Unit Round Table Pizza Franchisee, Restaurateur of the Quarter

By Steven Zimmerman, CBI, M&AMI, CBB, FIBBA in Restaurateur of the Quarter with 0 Comments

I have had the pleasure of working with Ali since 2003 when I sold him a Round Table Pizza franchise store on Van Ness Avenue in San Francisco and I recently sold for him in 2018 an upscaled hamburger operation called Pattys and Buns in the Montclair District in Oakland. Ali whose father ran a [...]

William Franzblau, Deb and Jessica Fisher Of Two Seven Eight, CJ’s Lounge and Lincoln House – Restaurateurs of the Quarter

By Steven Zimmerman, CBI, M&AMI, CBB, FIBBA in 2018 - Volume 20 with 0 Comments

William Franzblau, Deb and Jessica Fisher of Two Seven Eight, CJ’s Lounge and Lincoln House - Restaurateurs of the Quarter. Bill and his partners Deb and Jessica Fisher form a dynamic team in operating successful food and beverage venues. Bill has a unique background as an attorney, and has over twenty years of experience as in-house [...]