Today's podcast we're discussing the restaurant and bar business with the owner of Fionn MacCools and the Merchants Kitchen.
Professional
1) Started in the industry as a bartender at the Granite curling club
2) got a job bar backing at the red cactus in 2004, in 2006, at 23 years old I purchased the place.
3) I've opened/owned, (and closed, lol) nightclubs, Greenroom, Opera, 441 Main, OV Club
4) currently have ownership in both Fionn's restaurants and The Merchant Kitchen
5) favorite hangover cure is a half-hour in the keg fridge
Personal
1) got married at 24 and have been married 13 years
2) favorite place is my family cabin on the lake of the woods
3) I love to travel, my travel is always based around food
4) I absolutely love Winnipeg
5) I've served Rick countless Smirnoff ices with grenadine