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August 2, 2016
Kevin Gillespie (Photo: Andrew Thomas Lee)
Atlanta
Annual Sales: $6.5 million
Units: 4
Key Personnel:
• Kevin Gillespie, owner/founder
• Marco Shaw, f&b director
SINGLE CONCEPTS:
• Gunshow: (a mashup of a Brazilian churrascaria and Chinese dim sum funneled through a Southern lens)
• Revival: (family-style Southern diner)
• Communion (a German beer garden behind Revival)
• Terminus City (a barbecue pop-up and catering company)
WHY IT’S COOL: America first met Kevin Gillespie during the sixth season of Top Chef, Bravo’s cooking competition. He emerged as a finalist and fan favorite. At the time he was the executive chef and co-owner of Atlanta’s upscale Woodfire Grill. The notoriety of Top Chef allowed him to leave luxury dining to pursue his true love, casual Southern cooking. His restaurants Gunshow and Revival have helped fuel the emergence of Southern cuisine, as has his cookbook, Fire in My Belly, which was a finalist for a James Beard Award. If the South builds a Mt. Rushmore, Gillespie’s face will be there.
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