This episode features Baked After Midnight's Gianna Khader (https://www.therustandgold.com/), a cookie company that uses high end ingredients and is gaining ground in bars & restaurants. Gianna literally quit her job to pursue making cookies. She was always baking, literally for years - but doing it after midnight was therapeutic as no one is often around late night to bother. We discuss things like costs, motivation to have the business, how we gauge success in expos or trade events as well as using a third party delivery app to potentially help create a sales lift for the business. 📷: Filmed, Recorded, & Edited by: Pour Shots, Justin Benfaida 📍: Baked After Midnight, Gianna Khader Find us on Youtube as well for all the shorts and bonus content! (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHhZ1-fp853NdPkWeL53bWg)

This episode features Rust & Gold (https://www.therustandgold.com/), a Huntington Long Island bar and restaurant that allows families to gather and fun to happen late night. Frank came from beginnings in the music industry, but decided that the A plan wasn't going to be the one he retired on. Along with a few friends Rust & Gold opened 7 years ago. The pandemic also wound up accelerating growth with the concepts of The Rolling Gold (tap & catering truck - a '63 Chevy!) and 1653 pizza. 📷: Filmed, Recorded, & Edited by: Pour Shots, Justin Benfaida 📍: The Rust & Gold, 70 Gerard St, Huntington, NY 11743

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We get to the bottom of Justin's hatred for Uber Eats and why it's still a necessary evil in the restaurant space. They have near zero risk - and the restaurant always deals with the blame. Florida has also taken on more hurricanes than it prefers.

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