Eater's One Year In, City by City

Today, all of the cities across the Eater universe are running One Year In interviews, in which they talk to chefs and owners on the first anniversary of their restaurant. Below, those who've somehow managed to survive that first year. Required reading for anyone who has ever had the crazy idea to open their own restaurant.

· New York: Seersucker's Robert Newton and Kerry Diamond
· Washington, DC: We, The Pizza's Spike Mendelsohn
· Miami: The Forge's Shareef Malnik
· Chicago: Girl & the Goat's Stephanie Izard, Rob Katz and Kevin Boehm
· Austin: Uchiko's Philip Speer
· Los Angeles: Starry Kitchen's Nguyen Tran
· San Francisco: Lafitte's Russell Jackson
· Portland: Irving Street Kitchen's Doug Washington
· Seattle: Where Ya At's Matthew Lewis