SN7 | Ep308 - Part 1 - A Love Letter to Lucques - 7 True Stories told by 7 Special Guests

I am especially proud of this show...with over 7 guests and as many collaborators and 6 weeks of pre-production, this was our biggest production to date in 310 shows. These stories are a gift to Suzanne, Caroline, Matt and all the staff at Lucques, to let them all know how special they made us feel...Enjoy - JeremiahThe Lucques Radio Special - "A Love Letter to Lucques - 7 True Stories Told by 7 Special GuestsA HUGE Thank you to Matthew Duggan for arranging each guest & their stories for the show...Could never have done this without you Matt!PART 1 - - -Special Lucques Guest | Emily HalpernShe is the writer of the Olivia Wilde directed movie “Booksmart” released in 2019. She was also a writer and Co-Executive Producer of Black-ish. Emily had her second date with her husband Evan, tucked away in a corner table in the bar. They both knew they had found each other’s soulmate that night. They had their wedding at Lucques. Their daughter Franny just missed her very first Sunday Super at Lucques before the Pandemic shut everything down.Special Lucques Guest | Dr. Carol TavrisDr. Carol Tavris, social psychologist and writer, & Co-Author of Mistakes were made (but not by ME) and General Manager, Matthew Duggan’s favorite social psychologist and dance partner.They both went to Brandeis. She got out with a degree. Matt was in the campus preschool and got out with only two fist fights and an aversion to eating play doh.Special Lucques Guest | Jonathan “Jon” Bruno Actor & Voice Over ActorPlease meet Jon Bruno is an actor, a voice -over artist and a radio talent!Jon had been going to Lucques since 1994 with his parents, later with his now husband, Doug, ALWAYS booth 14. They were planning a wedding party at nearby A.O.C. before the pandemic changed all of that - - - A.O.C. was shuttered temporarily. John is the kind of guy who could walk right in the kitchen door and you wouldn’t think twice of it.Jon has been loyal and a super fan for so long, and has even been called on to deliver bread from A.O.C. to Lucques once when Lucques ran out of bread…Special Lucques Guest | Michael Oakes PalmerThe AOC, the pioneering restaurant that first paired an indulgent list of wine by the glass and craft cocktails with a menu of market-driven small plates.AOC offers takeaway and delivery and is now reserving on two spacious outdoor patios.Or…Order from Lucques Catering’s weekly Supper Series. New farmer’s market menus and summer selections every week.IRC / SAVE RESTAURANTSNeighborhood restaurants are the lifeblood of our communities.They are where we come together and make lifelong memories. And right now, they are facing extinction.The Covid-19 crisis threatens to permanently close 85% of independent restaurants. 16 million people risk loosing their jobs, disproportionately impacting people of color and single mothers.They are our friends, our neighbors, our farmers, our bartenders, our family.One in four people who lost their jobs during the pandemic were restaurant workers.Without your help our favorite places to eat will be gone…forever.Tell congress to PASS THE RESTAURANT ACT now.Visit save restaurants.comwww.saverestaurants.com/