Major Food Group May Impress The President, But Can it Keep Four Seasons Regulars?

Just like that store that temporarily sells Halloween costumes replaced Mesa Grill, Major Food Group has signed on to revamp the soon-to-be-former Four Seasons space. The current restaurant’s lease is winding down after a series of tawdry feuds with Seagram Building landlord Aby Rosen. The choice of the team behind Parm, Carbone, and Dirty French demonstrates Rosen’s tastes aren’t all that different from longtime Four Seasons diner Warren Buffett who famously requests Cherry Coke and Dairy Queen in lieu of the restaurant’s strawberry cream roll with poached rhubarb.

Grub Street has a rundown of how Mario Carbone, Rich Torrisi, and Jeff Zalaznick made power moves with red sauce and ice cream cake over the past five years growing cramped houses into a global empire that’s spurned critics and most recently welcomed President Obama. The only question remains is whether he, and the rest of the Four Seasons regulars will be return customers when the new restaurant opens early in the next president’s first term.

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