About Us
A family-owned restaurant group headquartered in Islip, New York.
Bohlsen Restaurant Group is first and foremost a family before it is a restaurant group. Inheriting the helm from previous generations, Michael and Kurt Bohlsen uphold the family traditions of mixing the essential ingredients to any successful restaurant enterprise: service, style, cuisine, and a little fun along the way.
By focusing on quality, BRG hopes to inspire today’s discerning diners and future generations at Bohlsen Restaurants. We aim to enrich the lives of those who choose to dine with us, our valued and loyal staff, and the communities in which we work.
We currently own six of Long Island’s most well known dining establishments. These include Gold Coast waterfront Prime: An American Kitchen & Bar in Huntington, NY and Stamford, CT; Harbor Club at Prime in Huntington, NY; the vibrant H2O Seafood & Sushi in Smithtown, NY; Tellers: An American Chophouse, and its new private-event space, Tellers Next Door, in the heart of Islip, NY.
We believe the greatest factor in the success of our business is the quality of our people. We are nothing better than our people. In each of our restaurants, we work hard to sustain our culture of excellence delivered with caring hospitality, which is consistently enriched by our many outstanding employees.
Hospitality is a team sport – it takes the whole team to make sure that everything is done to the highest standards of service and excellence. Hopefully when you dine with us, you will be able to see the difference that makes.
The Team
Robert DiPierro
Director of Operations
Robert got involved in the hospitality industry at a very young age. Robert’s father was a chef and Robert would often go to work with him. Through his early teens, Robert worked in the kitchen where he started as a dishwasher and eventually learned to cook. He soon began picking up shifts in the front of house as a busser, then server, and eventually worked his way into management. Robert was the General Manager of Tellers from 2000–2006. Robert returned to BRG in 2012 and has been Director of Operations ever since.
James McDevitt
Corporate Executive Chef
James McDevitt, joined Bohlsen Restaurant Group in August 2013. His role is to enhance the high-quality dining experience that has become a Bohlsen family signature at their seven leading owned and operated Long Island restaurant concepts. Since joining Bohlsen Restaurant Group, McDevitt has helped in the openings of Monsoon, Prime in Stamford, Pizza Parm and most recently H2O in East Islip. Among his honors are “best new chef” by Food & Wine magazine in 1999, a “rising star” by the James Beard Foundation in 2001, and celebrity judge on Bravo TV’s “Top Chef”. McDevitt’s interest in food developed as a young boy helping his mother to cook and entertain military officials. The son of an Irish-American military father and Japanese mother, McDevitt spent most of his life traveling the globe. Living in Japan, the Philippines and Korea seriously influenced his culinary style.
