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How independent restaurant Saigon Sisters is making changes amid the coronavirus crisis

Listen as Mary Nguyen Aregoni, chef-owner of the Vietnamese concept, shares the creative strategies she has put in place.

Patricia Cobe, Senior Editor

April 17, 2020

Independent restaurants continue to cobble together ways to lift revenue as the pandemic’s constraints on operations persist. Listen as Mary Nguyen Aregoni, chef-owner of Saigon Sisters,  shares the creative strategies she has developed for two of her Chicago locations that are currently open.

About the Author

Patricia Cobe

Senior Editor

Pat plans and executes the menu sections of Restaurant Business and FoodService Director, covering food and beverage trends, Menu R&D, profiles of chefs and restaurateurs and Technomic research. She also contributes to the digital content of both RB and FSD and is editor of two weekly e-newsletters, Recipe Report and On the Menu. Pat’s weekly podcast, MenuFeed, covers a wide range of menu topics through interviews with chefs and operators.

Pat came to Winsight from Hearst, where she was an executive editor. She is the co-author of the Mompreneurs series of books as well as two cookbooks. She graduated from Cornell University and earned a Masters in Journalism from Boston University. She is active in several professional organizations, including Les Dames d’Escoffier and the International Foodservice Editorial Council (IFEC), and serves as a judge for the James Beard Media Awards.

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