Episode 16 - From Fancy Dining to Mini-Restaurant Empires

Stephen Hesse worked in some of the best restaurants in the Twin Cities before opening his Mexican-inspired restaurant Pajarito. Today his Eclectic Culinary Concepts owns 13 restaurants including a chain of suburban pub-style restaurants. How’d that happen? Plus Joe Ehlenz and Brad Nordeen went from city restaurants to an East Metro tourist town - bringing craft cocktails and high-technique to Stillwater, Minnesota and Hudson, Wisconsin.