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Like most evenings in the hospitality industry, food and wine flowed freely at last night's Friends of the James Beard Foundation fundraiser at Girl & The Goat. Even as chefs emerged with sweaty, exhausted smiles to greet guests and explain dishes, it was easy to forget that the headlining names at our favorite restaurants are often hard at work instead of partaking in the leisure of the masses. As we've learned from our Class Photo series, off-hours for those on the line are few and far between. There is however, that small window of post-shift downtime, no matter how busy you are. The late-night subculture of chefs has resulted in "industry nights", and the raison d'etre of James Toland's upcoming restaurant. Here, chefs Stephanie Izard (Girl & The Goat), Giuseppe Tentori (Boka), Bill Kim (Urban Belly), and David Posey (Blackbird) talk about their vices after-hours. Read more here.