Since opening its first restaurant in 1987, BR Guest Hospitality President and Founder Stephen Hanson and his team have emphasized hospitality, style and accessible cuisine. Current BR Guest properties in New York City include Atlantic Grill, Atlantic Grill at Lincoln Center, Bill’s Bar & Burger Meatpacking District, Bill’s Bar & Burger Rockefeller Center, Blue Fin, Blue Water Grill, Dos Caminos Meatpacking District, Dos Caminos Park, Dos Caminos Soho, Dos Caminos Third, Isabella’s, Ocean Grill, Ruby Foo's, Strip House, Wildwood Barbeque, and 675 Bar.
Other BR Guest locations around the U.S include Fiamma Trattoria at the MGM Grand Las Vegas and Strip House at Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas; Dos Caminos at the Sheraton Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel; Bill’s Bar & Burger, Dos Caminos, and Sammy D’s at Harrah’s Resort and Atlantic Grill at Caesars Hotel & Casino in Atlantic City.
In 2007, BR Guest reinforced its commitment to the environment by becoming the first national multi-concept restaurant group to be certified green by the Green Restaurant Association™. BR Guest’s commitment to hospitality is also evident through its dedication of time and resources to community-based organizations including City-Meals-On-Wheels, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Publicolor Board Member, PENCIL, and The James Beard Foundation.
Also in 2007, Hanson inked a partnership deal with Barry Sternlicht, CEO of Starwood Capital Group, as part of its Starwood Opportunity Fund 7. In August of 2010 BR Guest welcomed Alexandre Gaudelet to the team as its new Chief Operating Officer. As COO, Mr. Gaudelet oversees corporate operations, working closely with Stephen Hanson on the expansion of BR Guest Restaurants.
Famous quotes containing the word guest:
“And here the precious dust is layd;
Whose purely temper’d Clay was made
So fine, that it the guest betray’d.
Else the soule grew so fast within,
It broke the outward shell of sinne,
And so was hatch’d a Cherubin.”
—Thomas Carew (1589–1639)