The #MeToo Movement in Restaurants, Five Years In: What’s Changed, What Hasn’t | Eater

"A nascent hospitality-driven art collective and restaurant project being developed by a longtime waitress in collaboration with Plate & Glass consultants, built around centering employee welfare and community programming. The plan emphasizes an extensive benefits package (living wage, healthcare and mental-health coverage, sick pay, parental leave, childcare stipends, financial planning, 401(k), profit-sharing, and paid holidays/vacations), structural accountability such as a labor-law attorney on retainer accessible to staff, and thoughtful leadership placements. Programming is intended to blend food, art, music, storytelling, live shows, festivals, rotating exhibits, artist residencies, and outreach/training for underprivileged women and girls. To improve financial resilience, the model also pursues diversified revenue through product development (packaged sauces, jams, dry mixes, wine) so the enterprise functions as a multifaceted brand rather than relying solely on restaurant income." - Trish Nelson