Author: Kevin Phan

Second generation of a 50-year Sacramento restaurant family: Cafeteria 15L, Iron Horse Tavern, MIX Downtown, Mas Taco Bar and Casa Lola.

A chef and her husband who built a family of Sacramento restaurants: Station 16, three Firehouse Crawfish locations and Daikon Korean BBQ.

Opened Kru at 23 in 2005, grew it into a restaurant group and became a 2024 James Beard finalist.

Left TV news in 1988 to open Lemon Grass, then took Vietnamese and Thai cooking to a national audience.

Grew up in Antelope and built Phoong Law into a 13-office injury firm across California, Nevada and Texas.