When the D.C. Burmese restaurant Thamee closed in March 2020 at the onset of the pandemic, its owners didn’t know if they’d ever open their 1-year-old business again. They had just had their first five straight weeks of profitability when D.C. shut down in-person dining for the first time, and though they had a lot of momentum behind them the restaurant had recently been named a semifinalist for the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant they didn’t feel equipped to transform their upscale dine-in business into a carryout and delivery joint. At the time, co-owner Eric Wang told me that if Thamee was still shut down by June, he’d place the restaurant’s chances of survival around 50 percent.
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Episode 286 Gavin Kaysen, Soigne Hospitality Group; Today s Special
Aired: Wednesday, April 14th 2021
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HOSTED BY Shari Bayer
On today s episode of All in the Industry®, Shari Bayer s guest is Gavin Kaysen, an award-winning chef and founder of Soigne Hospitality Group in Minneapolis, known for his nationally recognized group of restaurants as well as his leadership in the culinary profession. His restaurants include Spoon and Stable, a 2015 James Beard Award Finalist for Best New Restaurant; Demi, an intimate 20-seat tasting menu experience; and Bellecour Bakery at Cooks of Crocus Hill. Gavin is also the co-founder of Heart of the House Foundation, President of the ment’or BKB Foundation Team USA; and a featured chef in a new book from Phaidon, Today s Special: 20 Leading Chefs Choose 100 Emerging Chefs. Gavin is also a proud recipient of two James Beard Awards Rising Star Chef of the Year in 2008, and Best Chef: Midwest in 2018
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Itâs long been noted that, for a variety of reasons, the Springsâ dining trends have lagged behind other major citiesâ. Perhaps the closest example, the
Indyâs food writing team has pointed out the substantially different vibe we get when a Denver restaurant concept expands to the Springs, Ã la Jax Fish House & Oyster Bar, Ambli and, most recently, Birdcall. Prior to that, when Atomic Cowboy and Dos Santos Taqueria opened on South Tejon Street in 2018, food editor Matthew Schniper coined the term âDenverizationâ to describe the emerging trend.
But in retrospect, this invites a few questions: Why should the Springs food scene follow Denverâs? Isnât the whole reason folks come here instead of the Mile High City the fact that, expensive as the Springs has gotten, itâs still way more affordable than Denver? These spots generally arenât cheap
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