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Everything is made from scratch but I would say the number one would be the vegan chicken sandwich. Then I would say the lentil tacos would be another fan favorite and then another would be the Chicken & Waffles.

GFBJ: How did you find this location for the restaurant?

EDGE: So I was looking at a place across the street and it was beautiful. The only thing is that it didn’t have a kitchen and it only had one bathroom. So we are currently in the process of getting our beer and liquor license, and in North Carolina with the alcohol rules, you can’t serve liquor with only one bathroom.

But the part that I loved was that it had an upstairs apartment with a balcony, and I thought that would be great, to live upstairs. So, I was like, ‘I could build the bathroom and kitchen and make it work.’ But I had gone to Washington State in January of this year to visit my sister, and when I came back, I was supposed to sign papers for that place, but when I came back I ended up having COVID so I had to wait. When I came out of the quarantine period,

PHOTOS PROVIDED BY VIBE GASTROPUB “I want people to feel something when they come inside, I don’t want it to be just like okay here’s your food,” Edge said. “I want it to be a vibe – a good vibe.”

this place that we’re in now opened up, and my agent asked me to come look at it and as I walked in I was like, ‘Oh my God, this is it. I love it.’ GFBJ: What is the best piece of advice you have received since beginning your cooking journey?

EDGE: I don’t know if this is advice I have gotten or advice that I have learned via trial and error, but I guess it would be just like setting a path and knowing to trust that path; also, to remember that if things don’t look the way you want them to initially, that you’re still with movement and you’ll always get close to your goal.

GFBJ: What advice would you give to someone looking to open their own restaurant?

EDGE: You have to not consider the money or the potential money of whatever you're about to do because if you come and you bring value to people’s lives, they are going to give value back. In order to do that, though, you have to do something that you love, because if you’re only doing this for money it's not sustainable.

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