BIO

ROSE PREVITE

Chef & Owner, Maydan, SOOK, Medina, Maydan Market

Co-Founder, Go There Wines

Author, Maydan, Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond

Rose Previte is the chef & owner of DC’s acclaimed restaurants and bars including Michelin-recognized Maydan, Medina, and SOOK as well as the newly launched Maydan Market in Los Angeles, a diverse collection of culinary gems under one roof anchored by a live fire hearth.

Raised in a food loving Sicilian-Lebanese family in Ohio, Rose started working in food in her mother's restaurant and Middle Eastern catering business. She later spent over a decade working in bars and restaurants while pursuing a master's degree in Public Policy from George Mason University. Her first restaurant was inspired by spending nearly three years traveling to over 30 countries, while she lived in Russia with her husband, David Greene, posted there as the correspondent for NPR. Absorbing the street and market foods, led to the opening of Compass Rose upon her return to DC in 2014. The pioneering restaurant dedicated to global flavors went on to be named the 2017 RAMMY award-winner for best casual restaurant, and appeared on every best restaurant list in DC, and garnered national recognition from outlets including The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Food & Wine, Bon Appetit, and more.

In 2017, Rose opened Maydan, tucked away in an alley in DC's U Street neighborhood. The restaurant was conceived in the summer of 2017 on a three-week journey through Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey, Georgia and Lebanon where the team immersed themselves in local culinary traditions, techniques, and ingredients from the countries they visited. Maydan debuted and quickly earned coveted spots as one of the “Best New Restaurants in America” in Bon Appetit, Eater, FOOD & WINE, and GQ, nominated by the James Beard Foundation for both Best New Restaurant and Outstanding Wine Program, and the first Middle Eastern restaurant in the U.S. to receive a Michelin Star in 2020.

In 2022, Rose co-founded Go There Wines, a new social enterprise company created with the aim of disrupting the global wine industry, bringing to market trailblazing wines made by women and other underrepresented winemakers from lesser-known wine-making regions around the world. In 2023, Rose debuted her first cookbook: Maydan, Recipes from Lebanon and Beyond, and introduced Medina, a seductive cocktail lounge down the alleyway from Maydan.

In 2025, Rose introduced Maydan Market where seven food businesses from every corner of Los Angeles celebrate the array of cuisines that make up the culinary fabric of the city. As the Los Angeles Times declared it: “L.A.’s best new food hall is a triumph.”

Rose was previously the host of local PBS affiliate WETA's "Check, Please! DC.” As a prominent and progressive small business entrepreneur, she has attracted recognition including Washington Business Journal’s “40 under 40” and Washingtonian’s “40 Under 40” and “Most Powerful Women in Washington” awards. In 2023, Rose was named “Restaurateur of the Year” by the Restaurant Association of Metropolitan.

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