Business POV

Scott Barton is a supervising partner and president of the fine-dining division for Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc. He was on the original team that launched both Tru and Osteria Via Stato restaurants. In his current role, he oversees day-to-day operations for those restaurants as well as Nacional 27, Brasserie JO, and Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas. Here he talks about how Tru is doing, as well as what he thinks of the current culture of fine-dining.