The Restaurant Dealmaker Show

The Restaurant Dealmaker Show

Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, success stories, challenges, and more. Launched in January 2022, the Restaurant Dealmaker Show has yielded 700,000+ viewers of its 37 episodes between live in-person Zoom webinars, broadcasting live to Facebook and YouTube, and replays. For more information, please visit https://restaurantdealmaker.com/ INTERESTED in a being a guest? Reach out to Producer Jeremy Broekman at Jeremy@broekmancomm.com or call 818-212-9201.

Episodes

April 24, 2025 • 40 mins
Ep#38 of The Restaurant Dealmaker Show MARIANN COSTELLO President, Scoma’s Restaurant Fisherman’s Wharf

Mariann Costello, President, Scoma’s Restaurant Fisherman’s Wharf has 40 years of hospitality experience in the Bay Area. She served as President of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association, President of the San Francisco Taxicab Commission; Chairwoman of the San Francisco Travel Association Board; and Chairwoman of the California ...

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Ep#37 of The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙 BOB HOUSE President, Co-Star’s Business for Sale marketplace BizBuySell.com, BizQuest.com and FindaFranchise.com

Robert (Bob) A. House, President of Business for Sale, joined the Company in 2012 and leads CoStar’s business for sale marketplace websites including BizBuySell.com, BizQuest.com and FindaFranchise.com. These websites represent the largest database of business for sa...

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Ep#36 of The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙 JIM MIZES Consultant/Strategic Advisor/Retired CEO

Jim Mizes has spent the last 30+ years working to scale and build new brands. After an initial career in finance, Jim moved to Operations in the late 80’s with Taco Bell. At Taco Bell, Jim pioneered the 59/79/99 cent menu of the early 90’s that changed the value equation for fast food. In the early 90’s, Jim shift...

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Ep#35 of The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙 SCOTT RODRICK President/CEO, Rodrick Foods McDonald’s Franchisee in San Francisco

Scott Rodrick was born with ketchup in his veins—a colorful metaphor borrowed from Ray Kroc, the founder of McDonald’s, and one that perfectly captures his lifelong connection to the restaurant world. Growing up, Scott learned the art of crafting the perfect hamburger from his father, Guy, one of the pioneering...

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Ep#34 of 🎙The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙 JEREMY BROEKMAN, Producer Restaurant Realty Marketing/PR Director

Today, December 12, 2024, we celebrate three years of production and marks the end of season 3 with our 34th episode. After successfully streaming to Facebook and YouTube, and thanks to supporters and listeners like you, we’ve reached 450,000 views and we’re ready to unlock the next phase for the dealmaker show. We are pr...

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Ep#33 of The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙 BRANDON ROBINSON, CEO & Founder Tipsy Putt Brands

Vagabond at heart, entrepreneur by choice Brandon Robinson is the founder and president of Tipsy Putt, a multi location indoor mini-golf sports bar with 5 locations in Northern, CA.  Prior to founding Tipsy Putt Brandon built the world’s first multi-state multi-unit membership based Medical Spa, Skin Body Soul, of which he exi...

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Restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman interview with Restaurateur Sondra Bernstein. Episode #9 of "The Restaurant Dealmaker Show" Hear inspiring show about use of technology and restaurants moving guest experience into the future.

From Twitter Spaces, Podcasts, Digital ordering to NFT memberships/loyalty programs, join Sondra Bernstein’s episode for some creative approaches that guarantee will start you on some rabbit holes....

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Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman in Episode #6 of 🎙The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙 as presents "The Zim’s Restaurant Story." Ep#6 was co-produced by Jeremy Broekman, Restaurant Realty's Director of Marketing, which aired on Thu, July 7, 2022.

Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and h...

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Ep#15 of 🎙The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙 MICHAEL KARP, Founder, LBT Restaurants Premiered Thursday, May 25, 2023

MICHAEL KARP is the Founder & Owner of LBT Restaurants which includes

  • The Fourth Bore Tap Room & Grill (Orinda)
  • Forge Pizza (Oakland & Napa)

Michael has extensive restaurant management background including: Acapulco, El Torito, Hillston...

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We kicked off Season 3 of 🎙The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙 with Episode #23 on Thurs Jan 25, 2024 featuring Legendary LARRY MINDEL & MICHAEL MINDEL Formerly Owned Spectrum Foods & Il Fornaio Restaurants & Currently Own Poggio, Copita & Convivo Restaurants

Larry Mindel brings 50 years of experience as a restaurant creator, developer and operator and is currently the Managing Partner of Poggio Trattoria, an award-wi...

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Dean Biersch is a pioneer in the brewpub and craft beer industries, with a career spanning four decades. In 1988, he co-founded Gordon Biersch, establishing a series of successful restaurants & breweries across the United States. With his brewing partner Dan Gordon, GB was known for its commitment to German-style lagers, quality food pairings, and inviting environments. Biersch’s influence on the industry continued with the est...

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👀VIDEO: Watch EP#29 of the The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙 with Ike Shehadeh, founder of Ike's Sandwiches, which recently celebrated the launch of its 100th location! Join Steve Zimmerman and Co-Host Patrick Totah.

Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers,investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their ...

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The Restaurant Dealmaker Show proudly presents Ep#31 with Joey Altman, American chef, Restaurateur, TV Host & writer and currently Culinary Director at Hat Trick Hospitality.

Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers,investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, s...

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Ep#32 of The Restaurant Dealmaker Show🎙 SCOTT GREENBERG, Business & Franchise Speaker Premiered Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 11:30am Join restaurant industry veteran Steve Zimmerman, Principal Broker and Founder of Restaurant Realty in a 1-on-1 fireside chat with restaurant owners, managers, investors and high profile industry clientele sharing their restaurant deal making experiences, success stories, challenges, and more...

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