Marcus runs The Bottom Line — TableTransfers' M&A column and the editorial backbone of the marketplace. He spent a decade in restaurant private equity before crossing over to journalism, and he still gets the deal flow before most brokers do.

His weekly deal commentary covers every transaction worth knowing about in independent and multi-unit hospitality: who bought what, at what multiple, and why the AI tooling on the cap table mattered.

He also writes the marketplace's weekly listings analysis and has trained two generations of restaurant CFOs.