Can fine dining be combined with barbecue? The answer lies somewhere in David Manilow’s conversation with chefs Heather Bublick and D’Andre Carter. The creators of Soul & Smoke are partners in life and business, with restaurant locations in Evanston and Avondale. The couple has served hundreds of thousands of community meals for families in need, but the odds were against them surviving the pandemic.

Plus, we’ll hear how restaurateurs got through the COVID era and why they’re expanding in their current space in an abandoned Evanston bus depot.