Drew Nieporent

Nieporent at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival.

Drew Nieporent is a New York City restaurateur. His company Myriad Restaurant Group owns and operates numerous restaurants, many of which are known for their celebrity clientele, and in some cases celebrity co-owners. Many are known for their difficulty in obtaining reservations. In an interview with Cigar Aficionado, Nierporent recalled turning down Henry Kissinger.^{[citation needed]}

Nieporent's Nobu and Nobu London both earned two Michelin stars. The restaurants' partners are celebrity chef Nobu Matsuhisa and actor Robert De Niro.

Nieporent graduated in 1973 from Stuyvesant High School and in 1977 from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York with a degree from the School of Hotel Management. At Cornell, he was also a member of the Quill and Dagger society. His career began at New York's Maxwell's Plum and Tavern on the Green.

As a teenager in 1972, Nieporent by chance met Muhammad Ali on the streets of Manhattan.^{[citation needed]} Nieporent puportedly pulled out a xeroxed copy of his birth certificate and asked Ali for an autograph, claiming he was "Howard Cosell's son!" Nieporent stated in a February 2007 NY Times article that Ali's autograph was his "prized possession."^{[citation needed]}

Nieporent is featured in the 2011 documentary A Matter of Taste.

Restaurants

Tribeca Grill, Rubicon in San Francisco (now closed), Nobu, Nobu London, Nobu Next Door, Nobu 57, Centrico, Pulse, The Coach House, Proof on Main, Montrachet(now closed), Corton, and Mai House (now closed).

Stores

Crush Wine & Spirits with Josh Guberman and Robert Schagrin

External links

• Cornell Daily Sun Interview