Opening a Restaurant

Opening a Restaurant

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This spring Rick was extra busy.  Besides overseeing his numerous restaurants, Frontera Grill, Topolobampo, Xoco, Tortas Frontera, Frontera Fresco, Frontera Cocina, his television show, Mexico One Plate at a Time and his packaged foods division, Frontera Foods, and of course this AMAZING podcast, he decided to open 2 new restaurants in the West Loop Neighborhood of Chicago.  In this show, we start a 3 part series on How to Run a Restaurant as Steve catches up with Rick at these new endeavors Leña Brava and the brewery, Cervecería Cruz Blanca to talk about the business of opening a restaurant.