The Banter
The Guys recount some troubling restaurant stories involving drought, flood, snow and nine foot flames!
The Conversation
The Restaurant Guys meet Ellen Yin, a successful restaurateur out of Philadelphia. They all have been running restaurants for decades and discuss the joys of retaining key employees and the benefits of a pool house as well as the challenge of not being a chef. Ellen shares about her newest venture a.kitchen+bar in Washington, DC and the excitement of learning the culture of a new city.
The Inside Track
The Guys have been taken by Philadephia’s post-pandemic food scene. This is what Ellen has to say.
“Well, having been in it for twenty some years, I'd like to think that it's been a great food city, but only recently has it been publicly confirmed to be a great food city,”Ellen Yin on The Restaurant Guys Podcast 2024
Bio
Ellen Yin, a graduate of the Wharton School for Business at the University of Pennsylvania, opened her first restaurant, Fork, in Philadelphia in 1997. She is founder and co-owner of High Street Hospitality Group which operates some of the most celebrated restaurants in Philadelphia. In addition to Fork, they operate a.kitchen+bar, High Street, High Street Bakery, The Wonton Project and recently opened a.kitchen+bar in Washington, DC.
In 2023, she was awarded Outstanding Restaurateur by the James Beard Foundation. Yin was honored with Philadelphia Business Journal’s: Women of Distinction award in 2020. Her restaurant Fork was named one of the most influential restaurants of the 1990s.
Info
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https://highsthospitality.com/
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