New Chefs on the Block

After politics, the restaurant business might be the most brutal and cutthroat industry around: an estimated 30 percent of restaurants close within one year of opening. So when director Dustin Harrison-Atlas set out to document a chef opening his first brick-and-mortar restaurant, he wisely hedged his bets and fixed his cameras on two would-be Washington DC restaurateurs: Aaron Silverman and his chic, high-end eatery called Rose’s Luxury, and Frank Linn, with his wood-fired brick oven pizzeria named Frankly…Pizza. The vast gulf between the style, design, and funding methods of the two chefs increases the drama as they both move from initial construction to opening night, and ultimately on to supreme success—or failure.

PRE-SHOW MUSIC BY
Sierra Cassidy (Wed)

SPONSORED BY
Candy & Jim Brody (Wed)

This screening is part of our Food on Film series, which includes sample bites prepared by the chefs and inspired by the films on your way out the door. Tickets for these special screenings are $15.