That was it.” Mr. Schumer, 41, has overseen the construction and reconstruction of many eating and drinking establishments in Manhattan over his nearly 20-year career in the business, including Café Boulud, Payard, the Campbell Apartment—notably converted from an old jail, he pointed out—and a total of four of the esteemed Cipriani family’s fine-dining destinations. "It was actually wonderful ... Our job was very easy. It was a good little model." Dressed in a black jacket and a shiny untucked shirt more befitting an Upper East Side-raised club-hopper than a New Jersey-born construction worker—turns out, he’s both—the good-humored veteran project manager was sitting down that evening with other invited guests for a special gut-busting nine-course tasting of chef Marco Berto’s traditional Venetian menu at the newly opened, nearly 6,000-square-foot Zorzi eatery and cocktail lounge, located at 1 East 35th Street. Full Article at New York Observer