A Chef's Journey Leads to Giving Back when it Mattered Most - Chef Diana Dávila of Mi Tocaya
Everyone knows the restaurant industry is difficult. From long, stressful shifts, to working the majority of nights, weekends, and holidays, to hyper-competition and low-profit margins, it takes a sp...
7 Apr 20211h 33min
Innovation In The Industry - Part I: From Distillation to Hand Sanitization with @MRDistilling
No one looks forward to times of adversity, but we all face difficult challenges at some points in our lives. COVID-19 brought a systemic shock to not only the hospitality industry but to the entire w...
29 Okt 20201h 11min
Nightlife Under COVID Pt. 2 - The DJ Perspective with Chicago-based DJ Silkee (Shannon Currie)
Everyone is well-aware of how hard the restaurant industry has been hit from government-mandated COVID-19 restrictions. Bars have even more restrictions, and the nightclub segment has been impacted th...
2 Okt 202023min
Nightlife Under COVID Pt. 1 - The Nightclub Perspective with Chicago-based Le Nocturne
Everyone is well-aware of how hard the restaurant industry has been hit from government-mandated COVID-19 restrictions. Bars have even more restrictions, and the nightclub segment has been impacted th...
17 Sep 202053min
Being Black in the Hospitality Industry - Part III with Black People Eats and Chicago Food On The Run
To close out What's On Tap's "Black in the Hospitality Industry" series, we sit down with Jeremy Joyce, founder of Black People Eats, and Kristal Long, Business Manager at Chicago Food on the Run, a n...
30 Aug 20201h 8min
Being Black in the Hospitality Industry - Part II with Chef Brian Jupiter (Frontier, Ina Mae) and Kurtis Lott (Cajun Boil & Bar)
In our second episode in What's On Tap's "Black in the Hospitality Industry" series, we sit down with Kurtis Lott, Co-owner & Chief Operator of the four-location restaurant concept Cajun Boil & Bar (@...
26 Jul 20201h 17min
Being Black in the Hospitality Industry - Part I with Charles St. Clair (Black Horizon Brewing Co.) & Hope Johnson
What's On Tap was originally created in response to the systemic shock bars and restaurants were facing due to COVID-19. Little did we know, 2020 had something else up its sleeve. While many of us wer...
13 Jul 20201h 10min
The Voices of Hospitality Industry Employees in the Midst of COVID-19
Although What's On Tap represents the entirety of the hospitality industry, our first few episodes featured owners, who provided their unique perspective on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected them. B...
12 Jun 20201h 31min
