01: Gas Station Menu Drop

As a teenager, Cat Meek took any restaurant job that would have her, working her way to becoming a certified sommelier and manager of a “very fahhncy” restaurant. Over romantic dates spent writing the business plan for a future fine dining establishment, she met and married her husband, who was conveniently also a chef. Susan learns how Cat built a multi-unit restaurant empire by making the guests part of the story.

Cat Meek and Susan Barry, circa 1983?

Cat working at a fahhhncy restaurant in Charleston.

Cat and husband Mike at their first restaurant, Liza’s Kitchen.