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Winter 2011
Spring 2003
Name: Atef Ladhari
Age: 38
Restaurant: Tanoreen, one of
Zagat’s top rated NYC restaurants.
(7523 3rd Avenue, corner of 76th
St./3rd Ave.)
Bay Ridge
Cuisine: Classical Middle Eastern/Mediterranean
Homestyle
Cooking
Lives in: Bay Ridge
Hails from: Tunisia
Interests/Hobbies: Atef is an avid soccer fan who enjoys
both playing and watching the game.
Trademark: “Good is never good enough,” is how Atef sees
it; he always strives for perfection.
Why he likes waiting tables: Atef believes that restaurant work
is a career, not just a job, and has logged ten years with Tanoreen.
He brings restaurant experience from his native Tunisia, where
much of his extended family is in the business. He also believes
that people are fundamentally nice and being in the restaurant
biz puts him in contact with all kinds of people.
Favorite Dish: Stuffed artichoke hearts with filet mignon and
pignoli nuts.
Most interesting/famous person you’ve ever waited on:
Italian soccer-playing sensation Alessandro Del Piero.
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Name: Ryan Colwell
Age: 31
Restaurant:
Walter Foods
(253 Grand St.)
Williamsburg
Cuisine: Chops,
Seafood, Raw Bar
and more
Lives in: Greenpoint
Hails from: Kansas
Interests/Hobbies: Ryan is an independent
theater producer, loves to fly fish and can be
found most weekends hunkering down listening
to American popular standards as “spun” by
WNYC’s Jonathan Schwartz.
Trademark: Ryan prides himself on the great
service he delivers by being well-informed
and honest.
Why he likes waiting tables: “The owners and
the customers are great, the food is fantastic
and the environment is fun and relaxed. Plus, I
get to pick out my own bow tie!”
Favorite Dish: The French dip sandwich.
Most interesting/famous person you’ve ever
waited on: Singer Norah Jones.
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Name: Anne O’Neil
Age: 40
Restaurant: The Good Fork
(391 Van Brunt St.)
Red Hook
Cuisine: New American
Lives in: Red Hook
Hails from: Northern California
Interests/Hobbies: Anne owns a local
store called Tiburon Brooklyn
(www.tiburonbrooklyn.com) that features handmade and vintage
items made mostly in Red Hook.
Trademark: Anne makes a really good Manhattan cocktail and can
often be found wearing a Hawaiian dress.
Why she likes waiting tables: “I get to work with interesting,
creative and fun people—the staff and the customers—and it
allows me a lot of freedom to do what I want to do creatively.
Plus, I love food.”
Favorite Dish: Anne’s most special dish at the Fork is the duck,
but she usually likes the pasta dish the best. Right now it’s the
ravioli stuffed with Swiss chard and ricotta, topped with
chanterelles.
Most interesting/famous person you’ve ever waited on: Lots of
awesome people have come to the Fork, including Michelle
Williams, now starring as Marilyn Monroe in My Week with Marilyn.
Mad Men’s Roger Slatterly has also visited the restaurant.