Episode 056: Andrew Rigie

After a nearly 7-month hiatus, I am happy to have on as my first
guest back on Real Estate REality Check someone who I consider to
be the equivalent of the Pulp Fiction character Winston Wolf when
it comes to making a difference for the restaurant industry that
has been, in the words of Mick Jagger, absolutely “SHATTERED” by
the impact of COVID-19. Even if you have been doing your best
impression of “The Bubble Boy” character from Seinfeld, Andrew
Rigie, the Executive Director of the New York City Hospitality
Alliance, has been like Elvis Presley ... you know, as in
EVERYWHERE, as he goes about channeling Winston Wolf’s mantra of
“I solve problems” for the 100’s of thousands of NYC restaurant
workers that have been devastated by the pandemic. Andrew knows
that without food and beverage coming back to being an integral
part of our lives and the fabric that makes NYC so great, the
road to recovery is going to be a long and treacherous one.