Grieco, founding general manager of Hearth restaurant in the East Village and the Terroir wine-bar franchise, is what the management theorists would call a disruptive force.
At Taix, a French restaurantandbar in Echo Park, on the east side of Los Angeles, patrons who hadn't appeared to be closely watching Friday's game suddenly became hushed and focused on the television screen broadcasting the game, watching intently as Mr. Bryant left the court.