Interviews By Person: "L.J. Wiley"

Working for the Passion

Interviewer: Katie Laird, Esther Steinfeld | Guest: L.J. Wiley | Episode: 046 | Date: June 09, 2010

Katie and Esther get into the nitty-gritty of restaurant particulars with L.J. Wiley, executive chef of Yelapa Mexicana. Wiley says it takes a lot of guessing to run a restaurant, trying to anticipate which foods—and how much—your customers will want every week. And, don’t do it for the money; it’s really a passion play. So, if it’s not Tex-Mex, what is Yelapa Mexicana? Wiley says it’s local, fresh, Equitorial Fusion with a Mexican influence. (“Food doesn’t wait. Move it or lose it!”)