Career
Following a brief career as a corporate attorney, Arpaia opened her first restaurant, Bellini in 1998. Her other restaurants include davidburke & donatella, which has received four stars from Forbes and the Five Diamond Award, Anthos, a Michelin Star Greek restaurant which was named Best New Restaurant by New York and Esquire in November 2007, and nominated for a James Beard Foundation Award for Best New Restaurant., and Mia Dona, opened in February 2008.
Zagat named Arpaia, "The Hostess with the Mostest," in March 2006 and Crain's named her one of its "40 under 40", and the New York Post named Arpaia 31st of "The 50 Most Powerful Women in NYC".
In 2007, Arpaia and chef Micheal Psilakis opened restaurant Kefi' in the Upper West Side of New York City. Its meatballs were named as the best in the city in New Yorks 2007 "Best of New York" issue.<
In mid-2009, Arpaia and Psilakis opened Eos in Miami’s Viceroy Hotel, her first restaurant opened outside of New York.
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