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"One of the roughly dozen restaurants in his eclectic, cross-regional portfolio, this concept is personally tied to him—its name honors his daughter—and exemplifies his small-business reality: modest margins, hands-on ownership, and the need to execute consistently (he quips about serving lots of cups of coffee to make things work). It sits alongside pizza shops, a Vietnamese spot, and a surf-and-turf fine-dining venue in his mix of ventures." - Adam Platt