![]() We need to prioritize food that distributes dollars fairly at every rung of the food chain so that farmers can steward the land, small businesses can nourish our communities, and service workers can feed their families. ![]() Food can bring us all closer together, so long as it reaches every corner of our city, especially to those too often overlooked. When so much of our everyday lives has been turned upside down, meals have grounded us and created an oasis of normalcy. We’re resilient because we’re in this together.įood is a powerful tool to build community. While restaurants and bars across the country shed nearly a half-million jobs in March, we’re still serving food. The team’s flexibility, creativity and dedication have made it possible for us to shape-shift through this uncharted territory. Some important lessons have come to light in these trying times: who are among those hit hardest by the current public health crisis. We’ve served more than 10,000 meals to the most vulnerable in D.C. We launched Meals for the City - quickly turning our restaurant kitchens into community kitchens to serve our neighbors. We’ve drafted hundreds of versions of our business plan, imagined thousands of scenarios none addressed the reality we now face.Īs an unprecedented citywide shutdown loomed, and the tidal wave of layoffs and school closings compounded the food insecurity that already exists in our city, we threw out every plan we ever wrote and started over. We now have two restaurants, with plans to open our third this year. We began in a 500-square-foot basement space in downtown Washington. I started Little Sesame with two partners in 2016. Nick Wiseman is a third-generation Washingtonian and co-founder of the fast-casual restaurant Little Sesame. ![]()
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