Matt Cross Tap Takeover Episode
Together with his cousin and business partner, Troy Larkin, Donovan Schmit owns Pappy McGregor’s Gastropub, Fish Gaucho Restaurant, Eleven Twenty-Two Cocktail Lounge & Speakeasy, and the new Cane Tiki Room, all in downtown Paso Robles. Each of these businesses manifested in a special way, whether inspired by pub nights, a trip to Tulum, the aesthetic of Prohibition-era bars — in fact, even the pandemic helped birth one of their concepts. Donovan shared with Matt and me the way one beget the other, and about the lessons he’s learned along the way. I was particularly interested in the Eleven Twenty-Two Speakeasy, which is a place unlike any other on the Central Coast. Listen as Donovan discusses the first business he owned with Troy, and how the next generation is starting to take over.
Pappy McGregor’s / @pappymcgregors
Fish Gaucho / @fishgaucho
Eleven Twenty-Two Speakeasy / @1122.cocktail.lounge
Cane Tiki Room / @canetikiroom
Vailia From, winemaker and owner, Desparada Wines, Paso Robles
Brigit Binns, cookbook author, teacher and owner, Refugio Paso Robles
Bill and Barbara Spencer, farmers, Windrose Farm, Paso Robles
Dan Berkeland, baker and owner, Backporch Bakery, SLO and Atascadero
Damian Camacho, server at Novo Restaurant, SLO
Emilie Goldstein, chef, Trumpet Vine Catering, and gastric bypass alum, Atascadero
James Ontiveros, vigneron, Ranchos de Ontiveros, Santa Maria
Jenna Congdon, sommelier, consultant and wine rep, SLO
Feben Teffera, pop-up restaurateur, Ebony, SLO
Jensen Lorenzen, chef and owner, Larder Meat Co, SLO
Trailer: CONSUMED with Jaime Lewis
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
50 Tastes Of Gray
The Recipe with Kenji and Deb
Walk-In Talk Podcast
The Turn of the Screw
The Story of Mankind
Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio