A fine restaurant can be an accessible place to get a delicious meal, a welcoming spot to relax and reconnect with friends or family, and a place to explore a new culture or tradition.

When a restaurant has the ability to be all of those things, and offers an experience that invites you to become a regular patron and a friend, rather than just a customer, it can be transformative for a community.

Reda Kchik, owner of The Garden Restaurant & Cafe , said that the dream of starting a restaurant began when friends and family tasted his food while visiting; telling him that he should take his family recipes and use them to open a full service restaurant.

Kchik said that while the process of finding the right location and building a customer base was difficult, his effort to operate The Ga

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