A giving nature gives way to sustainability for a group of restaurants in The Grandin Village By Rob Ruthenberg “We as a society need to have human interaction. Restaurants I think play a pretty big role in that” says Nathan Webster. Nathan Webster is the owner of Village Grill, (as of 2009), Oak Tree Catering (Est. 2016), Scratch Biscuit Company (Est. 2017), and most recently PB’s Po Boys (opened February of this year) all operating out of two buildings in the 1800 block of Memorial Avenue in Roanoke’s Grandin Village.
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A 2002 Elon University graduate with a degree in corporate communications with a minor business administration, Nathan Webster (now 40) didn’t know the first thing about running a restaurant when he walked into the Village Grill to meet a friend for lunch and sensed that the place was in a state of decline. Before that time he had been in the real estate business doing appraisals and flipping properties. ”It was a trial by error” says Webster. Looking back on it as a blessing, it compelled Webster to immerse himself in the industry and to figure it all out. “I had no outlet and nobody to talk to about it.” This experience is what drives him to this
