Opportunity in adversity
Stephanie turned her house into a takeaway kitchen to brave the pandemic
Entrepreneurship
Stephanie turned her house into a takeaway kitchen to brave the pandemic
New York based Stephanie did not let pandemic stop her food business. Earlier she did pop-ups in her home. Post pandemic, she turned it into a take away restaurant. 40% of Indian restaurants may never reopen.
New York Times had covered La Tropi Kitchen, her pop-up. Every Sunday she would invite 20 people for the Colombian inspired dinner. The dinners would cost between $40 to $80. She had trained as a cook and worked in restaurants before. She had also delivered frozen tamales in the city. After COVID, she turned the weekly pop-up into a daily takeaway. Everyday La Tropi Kitchen attracted about 100 customers. Vice covered her for a documentary.
She said in the interview to Vice, “At the end of the day, I don’t give a duck. I just don’t care. I just care about doing what I love and being happy. I don’t care about anything else.”
Her mottos is simple,” You name it, we have it. If we don’t, we will figure out.”
During economic recessions chefs and restaurants take to home cooking and pop-ups to stay afloat. Home cooking helped Stephanie get into the prestigious Basque Culinary Center in Spain. She plans to re-open for food business in the spring of 2021.
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