Walk-In Club sits down with Sequoia del Hoyo, owner of Tarocco, breaking down her journey from dropping resumes off door to door at 15 to building and owning her own restaurants, and all the steps in between. This episode shares real talk on being a self-starter, learning every role in the building, and what it really takes to owning and operating your own business.
Walk-In Club is back, and this episode marks a milestone — our first interview with a new friend we didn’t know before hitting record. We’re sitting down with Sequoia del Hoyo, owner of Tarocco, to talk about her journey starting as a host at the Black Angus after dropping off résumés door-to-door for school credit, to finding herself in the kitchen playing the stabby game with Chef, to that lightbulb moment working on the floor, realizing that she could one day could too, own a restaurant herself.
We get into the grind of learning every role in the building, outside the building, and what it takes to bet on yourself. (Fun fact: she also worked a hot dog stand outside Home Depot.)
If you’ve ever wanted to own your own place and build it from the ground up, this one’s for you.