Restaurant Progress

Podcast: A Taste of AZ · A Taste of AZ

Opublikowano: 2026-09-11

In this episode, we sit down with chef and restaurateur TJ Culp of Restaurant Progress, Sottise, and Sidewinder to talk about the journey from a young cook figuring it out to building some of Phoenix's most recognizable independent restaurants. TJ shares how years of working in kitchens, opening restaurants, and even helping fix a struggling concept gave him the education he needed to eventually bet on himself. We get into the early Restaurant Progress pop-up dinners in his apartment, building the original 700-square-foot restaurant with limited resources, and the lessons that came from nearly a decade of...