Hello, happy Friday. Here’s a new thing: For a long time, I have been talking about doing something interesting with Andrew Genung, the writer behind Family Meal, a newsletter rundown of the best of the most interesting restaurant industry news. In the worst days of pandemic 2020, we co-hosted weekly Clubhouse chats running through news stories and inviting colleagues, friends, and industry notables to join us in our chatty analysis.

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This week, Andrew is stuck in San Francisco, newly recovered from Covid and waiting to return to his home in Hong Kong. Yesterday, after a night out spent drinking pretty decent bagged wine (really!), we got together in person and recorded 30 minutes of restaurant industry news and analysis. Working title: Restaurant Week.

Here it is!

Give it a listen, let us know what you think. It’s a bit of a rough and bumpy start, but we’re happy to have put this back out in the world. It’s a fun thing! We plan to continue weekly.

Thanks for reading (and listening!)

Kristen