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Order Up to Ever After: How Five Austin Restaurant Couples Fell in Love | Eater Austin

"After reconnecting via social media — she asked him on Facebook whether she should go to culinary school and he, then a sous chef, answered “No” — the pair accelerated their relationship when he invited her and a friend over after the restaurant closed, opened a bottle of wine, and presented them with a tasting menu of roughly six courses. They moved to Chicago about a month later, married in 2012, and opened their first restaurant together. Thirteen years, a daughter, and 24 more restaurants later, they have relocated their family to Austin and now operate multiple restaurants; as their family expanded their priorities shifted and “Earlier in their careers, Margarita and Phillip would frequently go a month without seeing each other, but with their daughter in the picture, they travel together as a family unit for work.” They say their savory and sweet programs have become more harmonious because they’re a couple — “After cooking together for so long, the two culinary programs feel fully aligned” — and that the hectic schedules, constant travel, and dedication to their restaurants help keep things exciting: “[Our relationship] hasn’t gotten boring yet,” Phillip says." - Lane Gillespie