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Ep 21: Lucille's Chef-Owner Talks "Grit Checks," Sustainability and Serving Community

Ep 21: Lucille's Chef-Owner Talks "Grit Checks," Sustainability and Serving Community

Update: 2020-09-02
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We talk with Chris Williams, chef-owner of Lucille's, a locally-owned restaurant in Houston's Museum District co-founded in 2012 by Chris and his brother, Ben. The restaurant's name and cuisine is in honor of their great-grandmother, Lucille B. Smith. 

Key topics:

  • Switching from a profitability to sustainability model 
  • How COVID-19 prompted Lucille’s to launch its non-profit, Lucille’s 1913
  • How Houston chefs are banding together through Lucille’s pop-up program to support for Houston's bar community during the pandemic
  • What success looks like for Lucille’s in 2020

Small Biz Insider is presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas.

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Ep 21: Lucille's Chef-Owner Talks "Grit Checks," Sustainability and Serving Community

Ep 21: Lucille's Chef-Owner Talks "Grit Checks," Sustainability and Serving Community

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