![]() ![]() The timeline was very similar but it just was - brewing the beer and then opening the restaurant at the same time became complicated. There was a lot of specialty equipment ordering and stuff for the brewery. We basically signed the leases at the same time when we opened up the restaurant and the brewery. How long was it until you opened the brewery? The brewery came after the restaurant, right? We kind of like have this motif of the hip-hop world and. It's eye-catching, it's beautiful and just fun to drive around.ĮOW: What was your inspiration to do that? We were trying to think of something like we did before with the graffiti and stuff like that. ![]() (Author's note: the purchaser was BYG Burgers and they are indeed in Cypress.)ĮOW: And the current truck, of course, is solid gold.ĮOW: I've never seen a solid gold food truck before. MM: It's been sold to some nice gentlemen in Cypress that I think are going to open up some sort of hamburger truck. We'll also talk about 8th Wonder's beers and what first-timers should dine on at Eatsie Boys cafe.ĮOW: The original truck has been sold. In this final part of our Chef Chat with Marcus, he'll talk about the sensitive issue of his friendship with chef Grant Gordon, who passed away last year. ![]() Yesterday we talked with Marcus about his start and food trucks. Following that came a tasting room at the brewery and a new gold truck to serve food just outside of it. Marcus, along with his business partners, Ryan Soroka and Alex Vassilakidis, got 8th Wonder Brewery up and running as well and you can find their beer on tap all over Houston, as well as in Austin and Dallas. There was also a positive review by Katharine Shilcutt, the restaurant critic for the Houston Press, at the time. ![]() They got a one-star review from Alison Cook (not too bad, truly) and made her Top 100 Restaurants list in both 20. He won the Houston Culinary Award for Best Up-And-Coming Chef right after that interview. Things have been good for Eatsie Boys since our last Chef Chat with Matt Marcus in 2012. ![]()
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