James Alefantis

James Alefantis is an American chef and restaurateur. He founded and owns two restaurants in Washington, D.C., including the pizzeria Comet Ping Pong and a restaurant, Buck's Fishing & Camping. He is the president of Transformer, an art gallery in Logan Circle, Washington, D.C. In 2012, GQ named him as being one of the 50 most powerful people in Washington, D.C.[1][2]

Career

Alefantis grew up in Buffalo, New York and Washington, D.C.[3] Prior to becoming a restaurateur, he owned a small art gallery in Georgetown, Virginia and served as the general manager of Johnny's Half Shell for two years. He founded Buck's Fishing & Camping in October 2003 along with Carole Greenwood. Originally, the restaurant was called "Greenwood." She was the restaurant's chef and he was its owner. Alefantis has said that he and Greenwood collaborated on creating every item on the menu at Buck's.[4] In 2006, he and Greenwood co-founded Comet Ping Pong. In 2009 Greenwood stepped away from the businesses, and Alefantis hired Vickie Reh to be chef at Bucks and Laura Bonino to be head chef at Comet Pizza.[5][6][7][8] Alefantis is also a partner in Muchas Gracias, a Mexican restaurant in Washington, DC.[9]

Personal life

Alefantis is openly gay. He formerly dated David Brock, the CEO of Media Matters for America.[10]

References

  1. ^ Kang, Cecilia (November 22, 2016). "Fake News Onslaught Targets Pizzeria as Nest of Child-Trafficking". The New York Times (published November 21, 2016).
  2. ^ Cherlin, Reid (January 17, 2012). "The 50 Most Powerful People in Washington". GQ.
  3. ^ Sietsema, Tom (July 8, 2007). "Game for Pizza". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ Carman, Tim (October 16, 2009). "Carole Greenwood's Empire, Minus Carole Greenwood". Washington City Paper.
  5. ^ Rule, Doug (April 16, 2015). "From Scratch". Metro Weekly.
  6. ^ "Carole Greenwood's Empire, Minus Carole Greenwood". Washington City Paper. October 16, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  7. ^ "Vickie Reh Is the New Chef at Buck's Fishing and Camping". Washington City Paper. July 8, 2009. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  8. ^ Carman, Tim (April 28, 2010). "Comet Ping Pong Gets Its Liquor License Back, Loses Chef". Washington City Paper. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  9. ^ Plumb, Tierney (April 10, 2020). "A New Latin Pop-Up in Upper Northwest Sells Takeout Tacos and Masa Ball Soup". Eater DC. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  10. ^ Winter, Jana (February 27, 2012). "Media Matters boss paid former partner $850G 'blackmail' settlement". Fox News.

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