business owner, and take care of my employees. and then also on me, they are going to talk about gentrification. like you re just trying to do your thing. you re just trying to do something good. anthony: right. justin: and you re trying to do it for you. and you should. sonja: yeah, but, i don t know, i mean for me it s different. like, i definitely was thinking about the neighborhood when i did it. like i m not some egomaniac who thinks that just putting out my food is a reason. so that everyone can enjoy the artistry of my food. that s why i m opening a restaurant. that s not the point. justin: not to disagree with any of what you just said. but i didn t open cure in lawrenceville because i wanted to change the neighborhood. i honestly opened cure for me, 100%. i was like struggling professionally, struggling personally. cure was all about satisfying me. like, 100%. anthony: if i m running a high-end restaurant in pittsburgh, who am i employing as porters, dishwashers. s
and people with nice, fancy cars are taking their parking spaces. and now i m a yuppie gentrifier. you know what i mean? anthony: well, you know, own it. sonja: sometimes it kind of hurts, right? as a restaurant owner or small business owner, because there are always haters out there. and you feel like, okay, so somebody wants me to be a small business owner, and take care of my employees. and then also on me, they are going to talk about gentrification. like you re just trying to do your thing. you re just trying to do something good. anthony: right. justin: and you re trying to do it for you. and you should. sonja: yeah, but, i don t know, i mean for me it s different. like, i definitely was thinking about the neighborhood when i did it. like i m not some egomaniac who thinks that just putting out my food is a reason. so that everyone can enjoy the artistry of my food. that s why i m opening a restaurant. that s not the point. justin: not to disagree with any of what you
i was like struggling professionally, struggling personally. cure was all about satisfying me. like, 100%. anthony: if i m running a high-end restaurant in pittsburgh, who am i employing as porters, dishwashers. sonja: students. justin: honestly, like, our dishwashers are white kids. anthony: no way. justin: pittsburgh, pa, is a big bright shining star of an example of what blue-collar america was a hundred years ago. sonja: when we are looking at who is applying, we also need to look at neighborhoods. the topography of pittsburgh is such that neighborhoods are separated by bridges and ravines. and this sort of thing means that people ay within their neighborhood.
today, a new generation is leaving their mark on the city. [ rock band singing ] anthony: justin severivo opened his restaurant, cure, as an ode to flesh, smoke, and animal fat. maggie meskey designs and creates cocktail programs at bars and restaurants across the city. and sonja finn was there from the beginning, planting the flag for farm - to - table cooking back in the early days, with her restaurant, dinette. anthony: the countryside around pittsburgh is beautiful.
today, a new generation is leaving their mark on the city. [ rock band singing ] anthony: justin severivo opened his restaurant, cure, as an ode to flesh, smoke, and animal fat. maggie meskey designs and creates cocktail programs at bars and restaurants across the city. and sonja finn was there from the beginning, planting the flag for farm-to-table cooking back in the early days, with her restaurant, dinette. anthony: the countryside around pittsburgh is beautiful.