Jeanette was only 9 years old when she was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, a bowel disease that causes inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract.
After Jeanette’s Crohn’s diagnosis, the entire family decided to get more serious about the food they were consuming together.
“It was really my family that got me through everything because they were the ones that pushed me to follow the strict diet, which I hated,” Jeanette recalled.
I wasn’t going to be the one going through physical pain, but for me, my little sister was nine, it was heartbreaking.
“We knew exactly what I was putting into my body,” Jeanette said.
The idea of going to culinary school and opening a restaurant seemed like just the opportunity.
“Creating this and sharing this with the world was a passion project that I wanted to do eventually.
“When you walk in, it sort of looks like a club,” Jackie said.
While Jeanette’s initial involvement in the restaurant was minimal, when COVID hit shortly after the restaurant opened, she began working more closely with her sister to design the feel of the restaurant.
“But we didn’t really even have time to feel bad for ourselves, which made it better because if we wanted to survive this, we needed to think on our toes.
Jeanette’s background in hospitality marketing means that every aspect of the restaurant, from food and recipes to branding and marketing, is done in-house, as a family.
After surviving their first year through a global pandemic, the sisters threw a party in mid-April to celebrate their anniversary.