Before the First Reservation: Eater Points Its Spotlight at the Building of a Restaurant

Eater says the food series to watch right now is about the work of bringing a restaurant into being. The piece first ran in Pre Shift, the newsletter it writes for people who work in restaurants. Diners in New York, Miami and Los Angeles book the table but rarely see the months of craft before it. This series puts that work in front of the people who eat in the dining room.

With reporting from Eater.