At the end of July, I made the biggest bet of my career. I bet on Portland. It’s the biggest because of what I put behind it. My brother and I didn’t just sign a lease. We put down the cash to buy the building.
I just opened a 10,000-square-foot, wood-fired steak and seafood restaurant in the city’s Pearl District. It’s my 27th restaurant and my first in the city where I was born. On opening night, we served more than 450 guests, and the same the following night. We turned people away both evenings, and the pace hasn’t slowed. We’re on track to top $10 million in sales in our first year.
