When Alex Guzman and Jenifar Chowdhury set out to open their first restaurant, they knew they were taking a risk. They knew that many restaurants fail in their first year. They knew they’d have to balance their undertaking with Chowdhury’s full-time work as a construction consultant. They knew the garden-level unit of the brownstone they’d fallen for, on a bustling section of Lenox Avenue in Harlem, would take time to convert from residential to commercial. But they were committed to building their vision: a casual, family-run...

Source: Wall Street Journal June 29, 2020 19:51 UTC