Restaurant Misfits Podcast: Andrew Rigie

Restaurant Misfits Podcast Andrew Rigie
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Restaurant Misfits is a podcast dedicated to all things related to restaurant marketing, management, and everything else in between growing a restaurant business. The podcast is brought to you by Misfit Media in collaboration with Total Food Service. Each episode is hosted by Brett Linkletter, CEO & CoFounder of Misfit Media, and can be found on Spotify, or played below.


In this episode of the Restaurant Misfits podcast, Brett interviews Andrew Rigie, who is the Executive Director of the New York City Hospitality Alliance, an association representing over 2,000 restaurants and nightlife venues throughout the five boroughs of NY.

Andrew Rigie was born into the hospitality business, working at his family’s third-generation bakery in Queens, NY. He is a vocal industry advocate, public speaker, frequent panelist, and moderator, host of the Hospitality & Politics podcast, Forbes and Total Food Service News contributing author, and recognized commentator on local, national, and international media platforms.

We’re about to go deep as to what exactly is going on in the New York hospitality scene and get the inside scoop as to what policymakers have been thinking about when it comes to hospitality given our world’s situation with everything and then also – what’s next?

  • Imperial Dade
  • T&S Brass Eversteel Pre-Rinse Units
  • BelGioioso Burrata
  • Day & Nite
  • Epiq Global Payment Card Settlement
  • Atosa USA
  • DAVO by Avalara
  • AyrKing Mixstir
  • Easy Ice
  • Cuisine Solutions
  • AHF National Conference 2024
  • RATIONAL USA
  • McKee Foodservice Sunbelt Bakery
  • RAK Porcelain
  • Inline Plastics
  • Simplot Frozen Avocado

To listen the Restaurant Misfits podcast with Andrew Rigie now, press Play below:


To learn more about Andrew Rigie and the NYC Hospitality Alliance, please find him online at https://www.thenycalliance.org/


About the Host: Brett Linkletter is the CEO & CoFounder of Misfit Media. He has an aggressive willingness to take on new challenges and a strong understanding of scaling a business from scratch. His vision is to disrupt the restaurant marketing space by empowering business owners with predictable, scalable marketing strategies so they can grow their business based on insights and data, versus guesswork and course correction. Brett’s specialty lies in creative content creation, brand messaging, social media growth hacking, and business development. His biggest role model and lifetime hero is his great grandfather, Art Linkletter, who was a famous TV personality and business man and a huge inspiration for Brett to get on camera more and begin a podcast. As the host of Restaurant Misfits, Brett seeks to interview the biggest and the best in the restaurant space to provide both an entertaining and education experience for listeners on every episode.

  • Simplot Frozen Avocado
  • McKee Foodservice Sunbelt Bakery
  • RAK Porcelain
  • Epiq Global Payment Card Settlement
  • Easy Ice
  • RATIONAL USA
  • T&S Brass Eversteel Pre-Rinse Units
  • Imperial Dade
  • AyrKing Mixstir
  • Cuisine Solutions
  • DAVO by Avalara
  • Atosa USA
  • Day & Nite
  • Inline Plastics
  • AHF National Conference 2024
  • BelGioioso Burrata