Amid the pandemic, restaurants have seen devastating loss. While some have been able to stay afloat through curbside pickup and delivery, others have been forced to shut down. On a new show called
Restaurant Recovery, streaming now on Discovery Plus, Raising Cane’s founder Todd Graves embarks on a cross-country mission to help save family-owned restaurants that have suffered during the pandemic.
Each episode of
Restaurant Recovery focuses on a different restaurant in a different city. Graves invests $100,000 per restaurant and offers them creative ideas and helps them with renovations. One of these restaurants is Dallas’ Smokey John’s Bar-B-Que and Home Cooking, owned by brothers Juan and Brent Reaves.
Raising Cane s Founder Todd Graves began a TV docuseries to help local restaurants, including Dallas-based Smokey John s Bar-B-Que
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Othere eateries weren t as lucky. Graves realized that most restaurants lacked the option of serving food to people in their cars, or even offering takeout in a meaningful way, since so many independent, family-run operations are based on customer service, ambience and a connection with the community. I knew I could help these restaurants, Graves explains.
My Brother s Bar has not allowed indoor seating since March 2020.
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And so the fast-food operator figured out a way to pay it forward by launching a television series called
Restaurant Recovery to fund changes that would help restaurants survive the pandemic. I ve done TV before, so I know the power of it, Grave notes.