Jonny Mac – He left it all for a truck and some beans.
What do you do if you’re a chef and you open a restaurant that is named Best in Philly and your burger wins Best of Philly? You bail out and open a coffee truck, obviously. That’s exactly what Jonny Mac did. He’s the co-founder of Rival Bros Coffee and he’s our guest on this episode.
Jonny Mac stumbled into a job in the restaurant business. A little bit of luck and the perfect timing landed him in one of the best restaurants in Philadelphia, working as a bus boy. He worked his way into the kitchen and the rest is history. He travelled the world for his culinary training, opened his own short-lived spot, then helped to open Pub and Kitchen, which was named Best Bar in Philly and Best Burger.
Then, he suddenly decided to scratch an itch he had for some time and left it all to open a coffee truck in LOVE PARK. The truck was called Rival Bros. Coffee and it has since grown into three brick-and-mortar cafes around Philly.
We returned to Grace Tavern for this interview as Jonny has always been a fan of place and its owner, the legendary Fergie.
