We've got hospitality ROYALTY on the pod today. Max Tucci belongs to the family lineage behind the first fine dining restaurant in the United States, Delmonico's. The restaurant that also happens to be older than the first flushable toilet in the White House! We yap with Max about his ancestors, belonging to a historic restaurant family, his "Ozempic menu" and how he banned a real housewife from coming to his restaurants. All this and a ridiculous game we made up called "Tacky or Tucci".

@maxtucci

MENTIONS: @delmonicosnewyork @drinkoishii @whitecastle @sonjatmorgan @frauncestavern @frescobyscotto @goldensteernyc @ilpostoaccanto @nellcan @thepolobar @coqodaq @loropiana @melbasharlem

Welcome to the irreverent & unfiltered world of PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, a podcast that fearlessly explores the underbelly of the hospitality industry. This female led podcast, by two lifelong bffs Lala & Judith, celebrates the journeys of industry insiders, details the all to typical setbacks and gets the listener insider access on what goes on behind closed kitchen doors. Join us for candid conversations about our biggest obsession, FOOD and the personalities behind it. We know every episode will leave you hungry for more.

Brandon Hoy started Roberta's out of a ramshackle, cinder block warehouse and has created an empire. How did one idea become international locations, frozen pizza in grocery stores, slice shops and still his og location in Brooklyn thrives. We may or may not get bars from Brandon's alter ego, MC TODD during a game of "Six Pack or Diss Track". There's also the time Jay Z brought his own pepperoni to Roberta's. Also....how to scale a brand without dilution. Let's goooooooo!

Mentions:

@robertaspizza

@radtimespizza @pavesi_forni_modena_italia @banh.anhem @lbspumonigardens @mamas_too @thaidiner @delhiero

Welcome to the irreverent & unfiltered world of PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, a podcast that fearlessly explores the underbelly of the hospitality industry. This female led podcast, by two lifelong bffs Lala & Judith, celebrates the journeys of industry insiders, details the all to typical setbacks and gets the listener insider access on what goes on behind closed kitchen doors. Join us for candid conversations about our biggest obsession, FOOD and the personalities behind it. We know every episode will leave you hungry for more.

Ben Hokins-Prager is one of the most important industry folk behind the bar in NYC and they join us in the sass seat for a very bitchy episode. We run through our Season 2 "I DON'T F%CK WITH THAT" answers from ourselves and our guests. We also pick Ben's "neuro spicy brain" on cocktail trends they want to die, how a cocktail should be a self containing universe and their hatred of off season decor. Grab the milk, Taste Buds, we got a buncha spicy takes.

Mentions: @benhopkinsbenhopkins

@twinkletongue @pdtnyc @monkeythiefbar @dukesliquorbox @cookingissues @barcontranyc @drinkveso @tarbyparty @dan_the_a @carnemare @mozzy_sticks_87 @themulberrybar @hilotnyc @agiscounter @theclementebar @taqueria_ramirez_ @accidentalbar @withapower @abcbeerco @longislandbar @spikethechef @preshiftnyc @julitapplebum @brotherdante @keenssteakhouse @kikis_nyc @createdbycody @readingbarbooks @dadpunkvibes @thaidiner @pawkhrua @internationalbarnyc @libby.winters @bigbarnewyork @vinniesbrooklyn @thegrillny @smithereensnyc @nikitajarred @rosellasushi

Welcome to the irreverent & unfiltered world of PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, a podcast that fearlessly explores the underbelly of the hospitality industry. This female led podcast, by two lifelong bffs Lala & Judith, celebrates the journeys of industry insiders, details the all to typical setbacks and gets the listener insider access on what goes on behind closed kitchen doors. Join us for candid conversations about our biggest obsession, FOOD and the personalities behind it. We know every episode will leave you hungry for more.

Did you know the margarita cocktail was invented in Omaha?! Today we have a fun little crossover episode with one of the hosts of The Speakeasy Podcast, the longest running cocktail podcast in the world. Greg Benson is in the hot seat dishing with the gals on some fun cocktail history, a game of "The Greg Benson Bullshit Challenge", how soical media is messing with the industry and a cocktail order that makes one UNDATEABLE. Thanks for tuning in, Taste Buds. Drink it all in!

@grogbenson @thespeakeasypodcast

@jacquespepinfoundation @skylight @skinnylouie.burgers @nachomamasmd @hellohellobar @amoryamargo @prettyrickysbar @internationalbarnyc @creativedrunk @showtimebar @lionsandtigersandsquares

Welcome to the irreverent & unfiltered world of PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, a podcast that fearlessly explores the underbelly of the hospitality industry. This female led podcast, by two lifelong bffs Lala & Judith, celebrates the journeys of industry insiders, details the all to typical setbacks and gets the listener insider access on what goes on behind closed kitchen doors. Join us for candid conversations about our biggest obsession, FOOD and the personalities behind it. We know every episode will leave you hungry for more.

Today, we get to hang with passionate NYC restaurateur Alexandra Shapiro who grew up in a family steeped in the restaurant industry & childhood, food driven roadtrips were the norm. We discuss how the fates aligned for her to revive her family's restaurant from the 70s, dive into her thoughts on the current landscape of dining and why 'hype"often overshadows approachability. She gets real on the vulnerability of having to close a restaurant, why "nostalgia menus" can feel hokey and how chasing trends doesn't lead to longevity. Hang out with us for an hour to hear all of this wisdom, a few hot takes and why sometimes a teeny tini is the perfect drink.

Mentions:

@flexmussels @hoexters @rafsnewyork @carnemare @keenssteakhouse @katzsdeli @jgmelon_nyc @lindustriebk @apollobagels @leonsnyc @berniesnyc @leveaudor

Welcome to the irreverent & unfiltered world of PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, a podcast that fearlessly explores the underbelly of the hospitality industry. This female led podcast, by two lifelong bffs Lala & Judith, celebrates the journeys of industry insiders, details the all to typical setbacks and gets the listener insider access on what goes on behind closed kitchen doors. Join us for candid conversations about our biggest obsession, FOOD and the personalities behind it. We know every episode will leave you hungry for more.

Author Mandy Naglich joins us again (check out her episode in Season 1, she's so damn cool). But this time, it's an all out bitch fest; an entire episode of our favorite segment "I DON'T F*CK WITH THAT". We recap all the answers of Season 1 guests and gleefully disect them. PLUS, restaurant red flags, the food traps that catch us, why drinking should be hot and Mandy tells us all about her new book project! Come along for the fest, Taste Buds.

Mentions:

@drinkswithmandy

@ruben.rod @chefweswhitsell @chefjeremiahstone @fabianvhv @isa_belly @steve8it @tira__johnson @radtimespizza @sleepwalk.nyc @barcontranyc @wildairnyc @barsnack.nyc @sipandguzzlenyc @ntmrkt @chefgreeny @supermoonbakehouse @kopitiamnyc @mightyschneidy @birds_ny @jettila

Welcome to the irreverent & unfiltered world of PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, a podcast that fearlessly explores the underbelly of the hospitality industry. This female led podcast, by two lifelong bffs Lala & Judith, celebrates the journeys of industry insiders, details the all to typical setbacks and gets the listener insider access on what goes on behind closed kitchen doors. Join us for candid conversations about our biggest obsession, FOOD and the personalities behind it. We know every episode will leave you hungry for more.

This episode, we are joined by Chef Eric Huang of Pecking House. A chef whose resume includes the TOP tier of NYC dining, a 10,000 person wait list level hype & the rare distinction of being expelled from Julliard before finding his real life instrument ( a chef's knife ;) We discuss toxic kitchen culture & actual heart damage from working in the WORLD'S BEST RESTAURANT, the brutal vulnerabilty of opening AND closing restaurants & what it means to cook Chinese food in America when race, expectation and economics are always on the plate. All this and a blind fried chicken tasting. It gets SPICY, taste buds.

Mentions: @eric.p.huang @pecking_house @resyguynyc @latetedorbydaniel @thegrillny @goldenhofny @pearleastmanhasset @danielboulud @gavinkaysen @gramercytavern @elevenmadisonpark @seanalexgray @ceres.nyc @havandmar @hainanchickenhouse @chinupbarnyc @thewingbar @primefooddistributor @doublerranchbeef Welcome to the irreverent & unfiltered world of PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, a podcast that fearlessly explores the underbelly of the hospitality industry. This female led podcast, by two lifelong bffs Lala & Judith, celebrates the journeys of industry insiders, details the all to typical setbacks and gets the listener insider access on what goes on behind closed kitchen doors. Join us for candid conversations about our biggest obsession, FOOD and the personalities behind it. We know every episode will leave you hungry for more.

We are BACK, Taste Buds! We know you missed us. Today, we have hospitality titan, Michelin Star collector and the DADDY of Myriad Restaurant Group, Drew Nieporent. His new memoir is out and in it, he spills proverbial tea, but we got him to dish with us a bit more. The BREW with Drew anyone?! What chef has the biggest ego, what restaurant does he wish was his, IS he feuding with Keith McNally? ALL this, while slagging Daniel Boulud, his favorite Beatles song and admitting he sneaks booze into restaurants. Holy hell, it's a good one. @drewnieporent

Welcome to the irreverent & unfiltered world of PUT IT IN MY MOUTH, a podcast that fearlessly explores the underbelly of the hospitality industry. This female led podcast, by two lifelong bffs Lala & Judith, celebrates the journeys of industry insiders, details the all to typical setbacks and gets the listener insider access on what goes on behind closed kitchen doors. Join us for candid conversations about our biggest obsession, FOOD and the personalities behind it. We know every episode will leave you hungry for more.

Mentions: @noburestaurants @communityws @stefano_secchi @sluttycheff @danielboulud @chefthomaskeller @jfeldmar @paulliebrandt @gordongram @jbastianich @simonkim @coqodaq @simonkimnyc @addanyc @keithmcnallynyc @fandfrestaurant @fandfpizzeria @dhmeyer @unapologeticfoodsnyc @avraestiatorio @eatingwithexperts @royalseafoodusa