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Host Fred Opie archives content and in-depth interviews with insiders and innovative people working with food. Opie is a Babson College Professor of History and Foodways.
Brothers James and Robert Paschal opened a restaurant adjacent to the Atlanta University Center (AUC). Atlanta city officials gave Paschal’s a “colored only” Jim Crow restaurant seating designation. However, the restaurants famed fried chicken and other menu items attracted white dinners who made up some seventy percent of its regular customers. The brothers had committed to employ as many AUC college students as they could knowing that many of them needed the money. Many of their student employees went on to join the sit-in movement in Atlanta. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you like what you hear and learn, tell others about it and share and post the link to the show.
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In part 1 of the series Why Do Restaurant Sink or Swim, Babson professor Fred Opie interviews owner operator Johanna York of Alto Cinco. Her experience she provides a case study for opening a restaurants located near a college campuses such as Syracuse University. Alto Cinco is located on the border of the University and the town of Nottingham borders with the City of Syracuse in Central New York. Below we provide a link to the restaurant for those interested in visiting it. Opie did the interview in 2011. Follow the Fred Opie show and the content Fred shares on his website, Twitter and Facebook. Take the time to review the show on iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud. If you like what you hear and learn, tell others about it and share and post the link to the show.
Fred on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrFredDOpie Fred on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frederick.d.opie Fred Opie Show Website: http://www.fredopie.com Start With The Gift: http://www.fredopie.com/startwithyourgift/ Alto Cinco: http://www.altocinco.net/restaurant/