Janet Zuccarini and the Shotgun Clause That Launched an Empire

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Her first business partner told her the only thing she knew how to do was make a cappuccino. Janet Zuccarini bought into her first restaurant with money her father had set aside for her wedding — before she'd ever worked a single shift in one. Four years into what she calls an abusive partnership, her chef-partner tried to force her out. She quietly out-maneuvered him: years of saving let her walk in with a certified cheque the moment he finally named his price, buying him out and taking full ownership on the spot. That restaurant, Trattoria Nervosa, just turned 30. She's since built an empire of 13 restaurants in Toronto plus Felix in LA — crowned Esquire's #1 new restaurant in America…