![]() You are definitely the “Restaurateur of Happy and Delicious”. SUZE BIENAIMEE: Demetri, thank you for your time and inspiration. That’s why our customers keep coming back. Salad with roasted beets, tomatoes, goat cheese. There is a lot of love in the food and a lot of love in the dining room. Demetri Malki and a De Novo customer.įood is all about bringing people together with the love of food, sharing stories, creating relationships. I walk through the restaurant and talk to my friends, but then I also get the problem people, just like I get happy people, but thank God, I don’t have many problems at all. What better satisfaction could I ask for? When I go to work, my friends are my customers and my customers become friends. Malec, Niko, Sabelaĭe Novo is about making people happy. It’s my drug, but that initial getting up and going in the morning, my kids are my kickstart. Then once I’m here at De Novo, I love it. They are my inspiration to get up everyday to do what I do. ![]() What inspires you?ĭEMETRI MALKI: My kids are my driving force I want to give them a better life than I had as a child. ![]() SUZE BIENAIMEE: Demetri Malki, De Novo is a delicious delight. Under a very unique chandelier of crystals and utensils near the bar and with the hum of a full restaurant, we began our conversation. His desire to take a little time off to be with his wife and two children (Niko born in October 2016) prompted a four year “retirement” in 2010 to not only be with family, but to build a beautiful home in Westfield.ĭemetri created his next restaurant opportunity in the summer of 2014 in Upper Montclair’s old train station and De Novo was born - the joint’s been jumping every since.ĭe Novo chandelier of crystals and utensils After four and a half years, he began Table 8 and ran this restaurant for almost six years in addition to getting married and starting a family. He started his first, Demetri’s, when he was just twenty-six years old and it’s here he earned his confidence and the confidence of his clientele. De Novo is his latest love and canvas for his artistry as a restaurateur highly skilled in all aspects of the restaurant business.ĭemetri’s passion for food and his love of people are inseparable.ĭe Novo is Demetri’s third restaurant. Once in the station/restaurant you will be greeted by the warmth of Demetri Malki’s sunshine smile. It’s in the renovated train station! De Novo, here on the left, is in the Upper Montclair train station. Hop a train in Penn Station, New York City and get off in just a few stops for lunch or dinner at De Novo in Upper Montclair, New Jersey. Demetri Malki at his restaurant, De Novo.
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