Hi, Boys and girls are all fired up.

I'm currently on the road.

I'm currently on, Carrie Diamond.

I'm currently on the road and very excited to tell you about a new mini-series we're doing called Restaurant Revolution.

Today and over the next few weeks, I'll be talking to folks doing things differently in the restaurant space.

The restaurant industry is going through a great deal of disruption, whether

it's employee shortages, tipping versus no tipping, a shift in what fine dining means, and the

popularity of pop-ups and ghost kitchens. Some restaurants have even started using robots front and

back of house. In the midst of all of this, there are people changing and challenging the rules.

I'm talking to one of them today, Tracy Malicek Ezekiel, the chef of Bertie's in Austin.

Tracy and her husband, Arjav Ezekiel, are the co-owners, and Arjav runs the beverage program.

They call their concept fine casual, and they offer their employees, paid family leave,

health insurance, four weeks of planned and paid vacation, and more.

Birdies was just named Food and Wines Restaurant of the Year.

So congratulations to Tracy and Arjav.

I had the pleasure of eating at Bertie's earlier this year, and it is clearly a special place.

Stay tuned for my interview with Tracy. Our Restaurant Revolution miniseries is supported by

Open Table. Open Table is proud to sponsor the Cherry Bomb dinner series called Sit With Us.

Sit With Us highlights amazing female chefs and restaurateurs in the Cherry Bomb Network.

Our Sit With Us series this summer took us to Olame in Austin, AOC in Los Angeles, Zuzes in New York,

and foreign cinema in San Francisco. If you live in or are visiting one of those cities,

I highly recommend all of those places, and you can book them on

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