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Q: Tell us a little bit about yourself – where are you from and what did you do before coming to The Westin?
I am originally from the Big Island of Hawaii, Kona specifically. Before being the director of food and beverage at The Westin, I was everything from a sommelier to owning seven businesses in Edwards, CO Eat Drink, Cut, Tacorico, Dish Dive and Eat Drink Denver.
Q: Where does your passion for food come from?
My love of food came from my paternal grandfather Henry “HJ” Forster. He taught me about smoked oysters, pickled herring and cheese balls in the early 70’s…he also would let me finger dip into his glasses of Riesling and French reds.
Burrito Pop-Up Poco Loco Is Opening as a Restaurant in the Former Dish Dive Space on College Avenue in Kirkwood, Atlanta eater.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eater.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Breakfast burrito pop-up Poco Loco gets a permanent home in Kirkwood
The brick-and-mortar location will open in the former Dish Dive space on College Avenue
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Poco Loco’s “Jolene” burrito, made with Home Grown pimento cheese, bacon, eggs, potatoes, and charred scallions
Photograph by Lia Picard
At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, chef Nick Melvin furloughed himself from his job at Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q, but shortly after, he launched a weekly burrito pop-up, Poco Loco, out of his own home kitchen. Since then, people have flocked to Melvin and his wife, Kristen’s, house on Saturday mornings to pick up hearty breakfast burritos along with “provisions” like salsa, shredded chicken, soup, and cookie dough.