This morning on the way to drop my son off at school – we were talking about only worrying about ourselves and doing our best. I think all adults would agree this is a good thing to practice as a kid. He’s in 2nd grade and like many kids his age – he’s noticing that […]
Read MoreKimberly Shingledecker started Pies & Pints along with partner David Bailey in Fayetteville, WV in 2003 in the basement of a house. By 2005 they had two-hour waits and needed to buy a building with more space. The growth hasn’t slowed down much since, and today they have nine locations. When I interviewed her for […]
Read MoreAngela Salamanca came to the U.S. from Colombia, South America in 1993 as a 17-year-old rent high school graduate. She went to work for her uncle, who owned a popular Mexican restaurant in Raleigh, N.C. By 2007, she was planning the opening of a new restaurant with that same uncle, when he suddenly left the […]
Read MoreRecently a friend paid a nice complement to our “people of indie restaurants” video series. He told me the videos are fantastic, and asked why we don’t have a YouTube channel for them. “Wil, I could just see tens of thousands of people watching those videos. They could go viral!” The funny thing is, that’s […]
Read MoreWe’re working on our second book, and one of the interviews is with Van Nolintha, owner of Bida Manda, a Laotian restaurant in Raleigh, N.C. Here’s an exchange that has stuck with me since he and I spoke last May… It’s well-known in Raleigh that the level of hospitality at Bida Manda is phenomenal. What […]
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