Couples Running Restaurants Share Tips on Not Killing Each Other Yet

KEY POINTS

•From February 9-22, Verizon and Pre Shift highlighted independent bar and restaurant partnerships across the US.
•Leaders like Tiffani Ortiz and Andy Doubrava advise couples to find strength in differences and divide responsibilities.
•Experts recommend open communication, humor, and treating each other as equals to maintain both business and personal relationships.

Between February 9-22, Verizon teamed up with Pre Shift to spill the tea on running tiny bars and restaurants without your marriage melting down. Chefs like Tiffani Ortiz & Andy Doubrava from Nashville’s Catbird Seat swear that agreeing all the time means one of you might be useless, which is great advice if you want daily family therapy included. Across the country, Campo é Carbón's Adriana Alvarez gracefully admits she sticks to Instagram while her husband Ulysses dazzles diners culinary-style in La Puenta, California—because pretending to share expertise leads mostly to fights over avocado toast. Jason Berry and Michael of Knead Hospitality in D.C. juggle kid chaos and split design vs operations, proving partnerships are basically tag team wrestling with better snacks. Advice also includes avoiding micromanaging (Denver’s Sam Wood) and treating each other as equals (Toronto’s Dani Gaede & Rowan Knox), which might sound zen until you remember the stakes: a kitchen and a thousand Yelp reviews. Communication champions Ham El-Waylly in NYC say talking openly prevents 'resentment monster' auditions, and Detroit’s Sarah Welch swears by humor and a strict 'no work in bed' policy, because nothing says romance like not discussing soufflés under the sheets. Sofía Ostos and Fidel Caballero remind us that you *can* talk business at dinner because it's your life, not just '70s office sitcom stuff. And finally, Alex Jump offers golden wisdom: apologize when wrong. Who knew owning up beats silent seething as a recipe for success?

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Running a restaurant with your spouse means divvying duties, avoiding micromanagement, and agreeing that the kitchen probably gets messier than marriage talks.

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