From Hurricane Sandy To One Of Manhattan's Hottest Start-Ups: Life Lessons From Riviera Caterers

By the time Hurricane Sandy's eye had lurched northeast past Brooklyn on October 29th, 2012, the Coney Island building that housed Riviera Caterers, a fourth-generation catering business founded in 1895, was already filled with 12' of floodwater and debris. National Guard tanks pulled in 24 hours later and stayed for weeks.