It’s a family reunion at Kemoll’s. Adam Kustra, owner of the recently shuttered Midtown sandwich and burger shop, The U, has rejoined his family at the Italian restaurant located downtown on the 40th floor of the Metropolitan Square Building.
Kustra, a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, will be helming the kitchen during weekday lunch service, which was recently added to the restaurant’s hours of operation. While lunch patrons at Kemoll’s can now enjoy the restaurant’s classic entrées such as Chicken Fedelinaro and Tournedos Au Poivre Vert, Kustra also plans to add specials like pizzas, fresh fish, sandwiches, entrées and handmade pastas.
In addition to operating The U for three years, Kustra’s experience in the restaurant business includes time spent at Jazz at the Bistro and Saint Louis Club in Clayton. Kustra’s famiglia currently working at Kemoll’s includes his father Doug Cusumano, uncle Mark Cusumano, aunt Ellen Cusumano and grandmother Mary Grace Cusumano.
This article appears in March 2011.