Why Restaurants Are My Passion
I’ve spent more than two decades in restaurants, and people still ask me why I care this much. Why I choose an industry that never gets easier, never stops demanding more, and never gives you a “safe” day.
The answer is simple:
I love this work. I’m built for it.
Restaurants are the one place where everything I care about comes together — design, architecture, hospitality, food, energy, people, rhythm, leadership, and storytelling. They’re living things. They breathe. They react. They tell you the truth every single day.
I love the feeling of walking into a space before it becomes anything — just concrete, wires, dust. And then watching it turn into a place people dress up for, celebrate in, fall in love in, have their best nights in. There’s nothing like that transformation.
I love the process, even the hard parts — the late-night decisions, the deal-making, the menu debates, the design battles, the moments where something clicks and you feel the room come alive.
I love the details that most people never see:
the light hitting the bar at the right time of night,
the way a guest feels the second the door opens,
the way music can shape the entire pace of service.
I love creating a world people want to step into.
And most of all, I love the people — teams learning, growing, pushing, becoming something bigger than themselves. When a restaurant is firing on all cylinders, when guests feel taken care of, when the energy is right… it’s magic. You can feel it in your bones.
That’s why I started September Hospitality.
Not just to build restaurants — but to build experiences. To build places that matter, places with soul, places that reflect the city I love and the standard I believe in.
This isn’t a job. It’s not a phase.
It’s my passion, my craft, and the thing I’ll always give everything to.
More to come.
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