Jeff Ruby

Not Counting Tomorrow (eBook, ePUB)

The Unlikely Life of Jeff Ruby

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Produktbeschreibung

Jeff Ruby. Mention the name in Greater Cincinnati and almost every adult will have something to say, even if they've never met the man. Most people will know that he owns the best restaurants in the area: The Precinct, Carlo & Johnny, and Jeff Ruby's Steakhouses in Downtown Cincinnati as well as Steakhouses located in Lexington, Louisville, Columbus, and Nashville. Others will remember his storied eateries of the past: Tropicana, Bootsy's, and The Waterfront. He became nationally famous for throwing O.J. Simpson out of the Louisville steakhouse in 2007.

But beyond that, Ruby is a highly visible philanthropist, a champion of fatherless teenage boys, and an advocate for justice for the disadvantaged. He did much to secure Drew Peterson's guilty verdict in the 2012 trial for his wife's murder. Jeff is a tireless promoter of high school football and other local sports at all levels of play, frequently found in the stands, or "coaching" from the sidelines. Some might recall that in 1987, he leaped out of a moving car after an argument with his wife, who was driving. He was declared brain dead, and not expected to live. He lost 20 percent of his brain permanently. That was only the most serious of six decades' worth of setbacks that have required Ruby to constantly reinvent himself, and to succeed in spite of whatever fate handed him. If a cat has nine lives, he's one lucky cat, at age sixty-five.

Those who were around in 1970 may remember when he came to town, straight out of Cornell's Hotel and Restaurant School, a brash New Jersey-born brawler who quickly reinvented Cincinnati's night life. But even those who have known him the longest, going back to grammar school, won't know everything about him-until now. Jeff has penned this lively and touching autobiography, with assistance from noted biographer Robert Windeler, who interviewed more than 70 of Ruby's friends and admirers from all decades of his life, to flesh out the story. Starting with his fatherless childhood on the Jersey Shore, running away from his problematic, alcoholic mother at age 15, and living on his own (for a while sleeping under the Asbury Park Boardwalk!), Jeff essentially raised himself and forged his own destiny. By the time this rootless runaway was a senior at Neptune High School, he was New Jersey all-state in football, had straight A's, and went to his dream university, Cornell, against all odds. He came to Cincinnati to be near his beloved Reds, and has stayed to become the man who some call The King of Cincinnati. Here is the whole story...not counting tomorrow.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jeff Ruby Culinary Entertainment
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781467593489
• Artikelnr.: 62153643

Autorenporträt

Having celebrities at his restaurants is a common occurrence in Jeff Ruby's restaurants. In fact, The Precinct, the first of his stable of high-end steakhouses, was founded in 1981 with the backing of several professional athletes in Cincinnati. With that said, Ruby knew even then that the key to having a successful establishment was to not only have great clientele, but to deliver an absolutely incomparable total dining experience, one that is now known as The Jeff Ruby Experience. The seeds of Ruby's philosophy were first planted in the kitchens of his mother and stepfather's restaurants on the Jersey shore. It was there he learned the ins-and-outs of the restaurant business - before deciding to leave home at age 15. He earned a high school degree and graduated from Cornell University, supporting himself with a variety of restaurant jobs which further developed his unique culinary and service perspective. Following graduation, Ruby took a job in 1970 with Winegardner and Hammons' Holiday Inn in downtown Cincinnati. There, he turned a 12th floor bar into the "Den of the Little Foxes" (a lá the Playboy club) at Lucy's in the Sky disco and made it the place to be for those who wanted to see and be seen. His success at Lucy's quickly propelled him to the post of Regional Director of all seven Holiday Inns in Cincinnati, but it was his business philosophy and instincts that earned the confidence of his connections (like Johnny Bench and Pete Rose) who encouraged and financially backed his first steakhouse. After opening The Precinct in 1981 he followed with The Waterfront in 1986, Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse in 1999, Carlo & Johnny in 2001, Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse, Louisville in 2006, Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse, Nashville in 2016, Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse, Columbus in 2017 and Jeff Ruby's Steakhouse, Lexington in 2019. Consistency and quality are hallmarks of a Ruby restaurant - a fact supported by the 4 decades of success at The Precinct, Cincinnati's longest continually-running fine dining restaurant. Today, managing the growing Ruby brand is a family affair as each of Ruby's children is deeply involved in the company at the Corporate level. Daughter Britney Ruby Miller serves as President, and sons Brandon and Dillon fill roles as Director of Talent Development and Talent Acquisition Manager respectively. Together, the family owns 7 restaurants in 3 states. Jeff Ruby is widely considered one of the nation's preeminent restaurateurs. And, while national organizations like Zagat, Food Network, USAToday and Wine Spectator rank his steakhouses among the best in the country - making him a celebrity in his own right, it is his total commitment to the finest food, impeccable service and a total dining experience unlike any other that keep his loyal fans coming back year after year.