Mike Colameco's Real Food IVY STARK/DOS CAMINOS

I'm a huge fan of veteran NYC Chef Ivy Stark. We'll spend the day with her to see just how well she manages and trains her huge team FOH and BOH at all the Dos Caminos locations in Manhattan and beyond. Under her watch the food and attention to details at all these high volume locations was way better than one might think. Shortly after we filmed she left to take on a project in Chicago. Good news for New Yorkers is she's now back in town revamping everything at El Toro Blanco. In short she's a total pro and an excellent Ambassador for Mexican cooking in the USA.

[@mellamolucero]

best dude in the game, love his shows.

[@COLDMKULTRA]

Another great show Mike ... and Ivy Stark is a hell of a Girl! ... Thank you both.

[@LosZetasUno]

Yet another great episode, even if it's not covering an indie restaurant. You're awesome Mike!

[@SethHesio]

I love these shows, brilliant approach to understanding a restaurant. And it’s interesting to see the ins and outs of something that is technically a franchise but still has heart and a dedicated chef as a big part of it.

[@SecretGerms]

another great episode to watch while eating my grand-mom’s homemade lasagna later! 👍🏻

[@robertkomosa4556]

another great episode watched, of course, with a meal :) It's great that you have found and shown a real, natural person and not another, fashionable, artisian Chef. Not that I had something to them, but still;>

[@Shichman]

She is fantastic!

[@birdy1numnum]

Impressive lady! The host of the show is, uh, interesting.

[@marc-adamrodriguez5216]

Hey Mike i love your shows, can you go into Olmstead? Greg Baxtrom just got nominated for a JBA best Chef NY and was at Alinea for quite some time

[@MikeColamecosRealFoodShow]

we filmed there last summer, he's great, the place is great, it will air soon on 13WNET and NJTV, I'm a huge fan of what they re doing

[@urbanviii6557]

@20:40, between the encyclopedia of chiles, and the display of them in the classroom, how can you get to know all of this stuff in your head, even if you've tasted them all? Then you have to remember all of them, to help customers understand what they are about to eat. A daunting task for a waiter, I would say. I couldn't do it, in just a few days. Does a waiter taste every item on the menu, in order to converse intelligently with the customer ?

[@TheGheseExperience]

Most restaurants will cover these points and have tastings with the servers. They are given critical information such as how to serve the dish, how to explain it, and of course, how to taste it.

[@jfd6216]

Now Landry’s owns them and it’s Tex mex $$$ driven #hotmess

[@Dzidekification]

What an inspiring and educational story. Wanna know something funny and gross at the same time? In England roadkill dishes are very "in style". Don't follow cars on country roads too close, this guys hit the breaks hard if a roadkill is spotted in a ditch!

[@roberto2873]

Not Tex Mex, but not Mexican either. More like Mexican American food with a hint of European, with those pine nuts and aioli and other non Mex ingredients that they probably use

[@nonservitium]

Shes so hot!

[@blank5390]

This guy makes me laugh because he has a ferret face. Or a duck bill mouth..Lolol. He's weird looking!!