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The Buildout

Adam Teeter

Booking Overview

This is an interview show focused on how notable bars, restaurants, distilleries, and hospitality brands are built, featuring founders, owners, and established drinks-industry figures as external guests. PR agencies could credibly pitch hospitality entrepreneurs, bar and restaurant founders, distillers, cocktail creators, and operators behind distinctive venues or brands; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need meaningful accomplishments and industry recognition.

Metrics

Episodes: 265

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 7.4k subscribers

Instagram: 279.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

podcast@vinepair.com

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Host

Adam Teeter - Co-founder of VinePair and a drinks-industry media entrepreneur.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Founders, owners, and senior operators of notable bars, restaurants, distilleries, and hospitality brands; established cocktail creators and drinks-industry entrepreneurs with a distinctive venue, successful brand, meaningful expansion, or recognized industry contribution.
Required Achievements:  
Building a recognized bar, restaurant, distillery, or hospitality group, Creating influential cocktail programs or notable drinks brands, Winning major industry awards or earning strong professional recognition, Expanding a hospitality business into new markets, Establishing a venue with a distinctive concept and lasting industry impact

Recent Guest Discussions

Katie Renshaw - Launching Bar Bambi, Moving From Bartending And Leading Bar Programs Into Ownership, And Building The Venue Independently.

James O'Brien - Building Popina Into An Inviting Destination And Neighborhood Restaurant, Hospitality, Pricing, Location, And Cultivating Regulars.

Toby Maloney - Creating The Violet Hour, Its Impact On Chicago's Cocktail Scene, And The Bar's Legacy Following Its Closing.

Sammeer A. Raajpal - Building A Restaurant Group, Bringing Kerala Cuisine To Manhattan, And Adapting A Hospitality Model To A Highly Competitive Market.

Sidharth Sharma - Building A Restaurant Group, Bringing Kerala Cuisine To Manhattan, And Adapting A Hospitality Model To A Highly Competitive Market.

Recent Topics

Business, Hospitality, Bars, Restaurants, Spirits

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Buildout
:

Capitaine

October 07, 2026

When Cody Pruitt opened Libertine, the acclaim was immediate. The restaurant became one of the hardest reservations in New York, while its saucisse-purée quickly took on a life of its own.But three years later, the initial fervor had faded, and filling the dining room every night was no longer as easy as it once had been. Pruitt made the difficult decision to close Libertine and transform the space into a new concept: Capitaine.Drawing on both the successes and shortcomings of Libertine, he s...

Mírate

September 30, 2026

From the first time Max Reis visited Mexico, he was hooked. What began as an obsession grew into a deep passion for agave and Mexican spirits, eventually making Reis one of the foremost authorities on the category in America.That knowledge and respect for the culture behind the spirits led him to open Mírate and Daisy, two Mexican spirits-focused bars serving some of the most exciting and inventive cocktails in the country — all while honoring the spirits, traditions, and people who make them...

Andrew Carmellini

September 23, 2026

Andrew Carmellini has spent the past decade building one of New York’s most successful restaurant groups. From the breakout success of Locanda Verde, opened with Robert De Niro, to hits like The Dutch and Bar Primi, NoHo Hospitality has repeatedly shown an ability to understand what New Yorkers want to eat and drink. The group has even created bona fide cultural phenomena along the way, from Frosé to the viral Suprême pastry.Carmellini joins Adam on this episode of The Buildout to talk about ...

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