This week we join Becca Brady & Tiff Ting, founders of Hometown Cafe & Poké Bar and Poké Cart - a business with the goal of bringing fresh and accessible food to Providence - for a conversation about food, friendship, and the synthesis of stubbornness and vision. Becca and Tiff are best friends, entrepreneurs, food lovers, and just plain genuine people. We discuss their journey from corporate slog, to food startup, to what has quickly become a go-to destination in providence for delicious food.
Topics include branding and culture, taking a risk on your dreams, scaling a food business, collaborating in the providence food scene, running a business with your best friend, and dedicating all your energy to make your vision a reality.
Building a culture, community and familyScaling a food businessThe balance between stubborness, vision, and persistenceBeing in business with your best friendCollaborating in the providence food sceneThe safest way to bring large amounts of cash to buy something off of craigslistFollow Hometown Cafe & Poké Bar on their InstagramLike them on their Facebook pageFollow them on twitterCheck out their websiteAnd for Pete’s sake map some directions, order some delicious Poké, then give them a 5 star rating on YelpLearn a bit more about PokéRead about Hometown in RI Monthly, Motif and the Providence JournalHope & Main Food Maker Incubator ProgramBig thanks to NGHTSWM for the use of their song, Fiji, on this show.