Why was this such an important creative journey for you?

I think a lot of it stems from, you know, my mom and dad watching them open their own restaurants and forge their own path.

And it's in my blood, I want to say, you know, and being able to work for a restaurant group like that, I was able to learn so much in terms of the operational side of restaurants and to do it at a high level was what it taught me.

But back in, say, 2015, I sat down with my former boss, Steve Palmer, and he asked me what I wanted to do.

And I told him I wanted to open my own restaurant.

I wanted to learn as much as I could from you and take that and apply it to what I wanted to do.

Once again, no. knowing that, you know, my father came over here with nothing and was able to make something and provide so much for my mom, my brothers, myself, I wanted to follow in that footstep.

What do you really like about the space and the rhythm here?