Kevin Jennings, who Co-founded & Co-owns Urban Food Group with his wife Stacey Jennings, takes the audience into his journey starting in the restaurant at age 15. Kevin met his wife in Atlanta when she was out of college with a Business Accounting Degree. Kevin had a life plan to open a restaurant, and Stacey had worked with small businesses and had restaurant experience as well. Kevin discusses moving on to Charleston in 1995 working in the restaurant business and then to Raleigh in 1998 where they launched Urban Food Group. Kevin discusses the climb from opening one restaurant to the nine they have now. He covers how he's had setbacks and failures along the way including restaurants that have failed. But Kevin and Stacey have persevered and now Urban Food Group has nine restaurants in four cities across two states. In this interview Kevin reveals what the crown jewel restaurant is for Urban Food Group. He also discusses why so many restaurants fail, and what advice he gives to people who tell him they want to open up a restaurant. Once that is said to him, he asks those people some specific questions. Kevin also discusses what it's like to co-own a business with your spouse, and how it's worked out, but could be challenging for other couples. He expounds on how he couldn't do the business side without Stacey. Kevin also gets into what life was like during the pandemic in 2020 when he had to close his restaurants for three months, suffer unavoidable financial losses, and layoff staff. But Kevin then delves into onboarding some of that staff back, and his hope for Urban Food Group the rest of 2021 as some Covid restrictions have come back. Lastly he tells us what's on the horizon for both him, Stacey, and Urban Food Group. Kevin Jennings is a true restauranteur and entrepreneur. Take a listen to his fascinating story.