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Resilience Stories: After Her Father Was Deported, She Bought and Expanded His New Jersey Restaurant

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The morning was like any other , the monotony of life so quickly forgotten: wake up, shower, coffee, drive to work, rinse, repeat. After the exchange of her license and registration, another undercover vehicle pulled up. She left her job, withdrew every cent of her 401(k), and bought her father’s Peruvian restaurant, El Gordo.

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Five restaurants to recommend in the City of London

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As Personal Assistant’s we book hundreds of restaurants every year for our colleagues, our executives and let’s not forget ourselves. Last year, I decided to set up www.Cityintrigue.com to give inspiration to my fellow PAs on trusted […].

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How to Stand Up for Yourself

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The director of a small but busy public library in the Midwest, Marcia Fanning (not her real name) says she was meek and didn’t really stand up for herself for many years: “I let people walk all over me, and I ended up being really unhappy a lot of [the] time.”. Best practices for standing up for yourself. I apologized.

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Nikki Guard and Her Team of Culinary Queens Lead the Charge at Denver’s Guard and Grace

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At the helm is Nikki Guard, a seasoned veteran in the restaurant industry and the co-owner and beverage director of TAG Restaurant Group , which she operates alongside her husband, co-owner and executive chef Troy Guard. From there, she worked her way up to becoming a server, bartender and cocktail waitress in Las Vegas.

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Expanding Your Restaurant Business: 3 Things to Keep in Mind

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You have diners lining up to compliment you on your flavours, professionalism and turnaround. If you’re like most enterprising restaurant owners in this country, your thoughts turn to expansion. … The post Expanding Your Restaurant Business: 3 Things to Keep in Mind appeared first on SMALL BUSINESS CEO.

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How Churchill Northern Studies Centre Is Bringing Food Sovereignty to the Arctic North

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These cater to the project’s Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) subscribers, local restaurants and grocery stores, ensuring a steady source of locally grown organic produce. Sign announcing the Churchill Wildlife Management Area Within CNSC, the Sustainability Department oversees the highly successful Rocket Greens initiative.

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Women in Wine: 4 Sommeliers Shaping the Future of Mexico’s Wine Industry

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There, I met Gina Estrada, a sommelier and deputy general manager of the vineyard and powerhouse wine brand’s labels that include G&G by Ginasommelier. Out of more than 50 applicants, there were seven sommeliers hired, including myself, and it was my first professional job in a restaurant with more than 800 labels in the world.