All in the Family

Meet the three brothers bringing healthy food and other creative concepts to Galveston.

? If so, you may know that brothers and sisters tend to have their own niches, their own talents. That’s certainly true of the Smecca & Hart brothers—Johnny & Joey Smecca and Danny Hart—who have been using their respective skills to bring great food to Galveston for over two decades.

Galveston Restaurant Group, created in 1997, is responsible for some of the tastiest, most inventive restaurants in the area (see sidebar). While Joey curates the menus, Danny handles operations and Johnny manages marketing, advertising and more. Together, the group has remained resilient through multiple hurricanes and a pandemic—all while serving the community via food donations and their employees via a focus on retirement funds.

“Our people are part of our family, just like Galveston is part of our family,” Johnny says. “We believe in giving back to the community that has given us so much, so we’ll never turn down a request to help people.”