Covid-19 took a lot of things away from people, be it loved ones, livelihoods, jobs, or opportunities. In the Houston food and beverage industry, it shook structures and left workers in the dark for weeks, sometimes months.Â
Sasha Grumman was one of those workers. In late 2019 she started as executive chef at Rosalie Italian Soul, the anticipated restaurant from celebrity chef Chris Cosentino. After those typically blurry first few months, Rosalie started to settle into a groove, says Grumman, and then Covid-19 shut it down temporarily. I m a make-it-work and adapt kind of person, so I really wanted to keep working, but it just didn t make sense, says Grumman. I came to terms on that rather quickly.
An insider look at a clicky food hall, plus Post Houston s delicious details
A look at a clicky food hall, plus Post Houston s delicious details Gabriel Medina, left, is this week s guest.
Photo by Eric Sandler
Gabriel Medina joins CultureMap food editor Eric Sandler to discuss
Click Virtual Food Hall. Medina begins the conversation by recounting the career path that took him from the Houston Country Club to Kata Robata, Soma Sushi, and acclaimed Tokyo restaurant Narisawa. Together with his business partner Steven Salazar, Medina opened Click in 2019. The venue operates over a dozen concepts that serve pizza, tacos, poke, Japanese curry bowls, Filipino food, and more from one kitchen and one ordering platform. Recently, it expanded by partnering with two existing restaurants, burger-chan and Ninja Ramen, to serve their dishes, too. Sandler asks the chef why he chose to partner with those two businesses.