42 The Restaurant

Chef Anthony Goncalves, chef-owner of 42. The self-trained chef opened 42 in 2007 on the 42nd floor of The Ritz-Carlton, Westchester, in White Plains, set in the sky overlooking Westchester County. His restaurant career began with Trotters Tavern in 1997, at age 26. In 2001, he dropped "Tavern" and redesigned the menu to include a Mediterranean and Iberian / Portuguese-inspired cuisine within a fine dining setting and in 2002, with no previous training, he took over the kitchen and taught himself to cook with a little help from his family.