Native Texan Peter Ungár began working in restaurants during high school and attended BU’s hospitality program before interning at Boston’s The Four Seasons. In 2003 he launched a private dining service, The Dining Alternative, to replicate the fine dining experience in residential settings. After a stint at two Michelin-starred restaurants in Paris, Ungár returned stateside to open his own restaurant, Tasting Counter, in 2015. The 20-seat gastronomic gem, set in the same building as Somerville’s Aeronaut Brewery, offers ticketed, multicourse dinners that showcase its head chef’s relentless culinary curiosity.