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One fire.
Six farms.
A lot of bread.

Two cooks working the line
Chapter one

A borrowed kitchen

In 2019 we cooked pop-up dinners in other people’s kitchens, carrying a portable grill and a bag of oak. People kept asking where the restaurant was.

The kitchen at full heat
Chapter two

Building the hearth

In 2021 we found a narrow room on a side street and built a brick hearth before we bought a single chair. Everything else was designed around it.

Along the way

  1. 2019

    Pop-up dinners in borrowed kitchens

  2. 2021

    Our own dining room and the hearth

  3. 2023

    Six partner farms within an hour

  4. 2024

    Sunday brunch and pickup start

The people at the fire

Kitchen team at work
Marisol VegaChef and owner
Kitchen team at work
Theo LambertHead baker
Kitchen team at work
Ana RuizFront of house

Names and people on this sample site are made up.