Hey Listen Local Fam!
We have a very big, highly entertaining show... So lets dive right into it!

Grand View Lodge has a NEW General Manager and Executive Chef, and the Listen Local crew had to head out there to the NOW OPEN Tanque Verde Cantina to hear all about it!

First... Jacob, Colton and Isaiah catch up with the Dawn Southworth, who took over as General Manager of Grand View. Dawn tells us about everything from where she's from to what it was like being apart of a team that opened up a Ritz Carlton in the Middle East to what the main selling point of GVL was. Plus... of course we had to ask her about her thoughts on Meat Raffles, Pull Tabs, and other great Minnesota traditions.

After Dawn heads out, we chat with the new Executive Chef Justin Grecco who won the Listen Local crew over right from the get-go by bringing over new food menu items and tequila shots. Lot's of GVL Restaurant Menu upgrades and Justin tells us about all of those, plus the NEW NEW Preserve Smokehouse. On that note, we do ask him if there is any added pressure in opening this Smokehouse following the departure of celebrity Chef Justin Sutherland's Northern Soul out there at The Preserve. All of that and much more with Chef Justin Grecco!

Thanks so much to both Dawn and Justin, and so excited to have you in the BLA!

And as always... Thanks to our sponsors Hanneken Insurance, Lakes Area CPAs, Hills Detailing Center, Posture Pro Chiropractic, Craguns Legacy Courses and of course our presenting sponsor Tyler Gardner with Pequot Lakes and Gull Lake Sanitation!

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