The Team

As Chef and Owner of Nobody Told Me (NYC) and Mother's Ruin (NYC and Nashville, TN), Nick Pfannerstill focuses on adding an experienced, playful touch to causal dining. Nick’s New York City career spans more than a decade, in which he has worked for some of the city’s most prestigious restaurants, under the mentorship of acclaimed chefs Daniel Boulud, John Fraser, and Gavin Kaysen. Upon arriving in Manhattan, he gained a Sous Chef position at Cafe Boulud before venturing to the Upper West Side’s Dovetail as Chef de Cuisine, where under his guidance the restaurant maintained a Michelin star for five years. Nick’s early culinary years were spent traveling, apprenticing at the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia, and running island favorite restaurant Marmalade, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he met his business partner Alberto.

Growing up in his grandparents’ restaurant D’Arco in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Alberto brings a lifetime of hospitality experience to Nobody Told Me in the Upper West Side. He moved stateside to attend NYC’s French Culinary Institute, where he interned with Liquid Intelligence author Dave Arnold and developed a profound and lasting appreciation for cocktails and spirits.  After cutting his teeth as a manager at Rouge Tomate, Alberto went on to work as General Manager and Beverage Director for the Seamstress and IGCH’ collaboration Belle Shoals in Brooklyn. He now develops the cocktail and beverage program and runs day to day operations at Nobody Told Me.