Stephan Courseau is the founder of Travis Street Hospitality and some of Dallas’ most beloved French-inspired restaurants including Le Bilboquet Dallas, Knox Bistro and Georgie. Stephan arrived in New York City from Paris in 1987 with $500 and barely knowing english. He started as a dishwasher and talked his way into Le Bilboquet NYC and worked under legends like Jean-Georges Vongerichten. In 2013 Stephan moved his family to Dallas to open a small 2,000 sq ft restaurant. Within a ...
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Stephan Courseau is the founder of Travis Street Hospitality and some of Dallas’ most beloved French-inspired restaurants including Le Bilboquet Dallas, Knox Bistro and Georgie. Stephan arrived in New York City from Paris in 1987 with $500 and barely knowing english. He started as a dishwasher and talked his way into Le Bilboquet NYC and worked under legends like Jean-Georges Vongerichten. In 2013 Stephan moved his family to Dallas to open a small 2,000 sq ft restaurant. Within a ...
From Big Tech to a 19-Sq-Ft Photo Booth: Building Memento with Ireland McGill
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From Big Tech to a 19-Sq-Ft Photo Booth: Building Memento with Ireland McGill
Ireland McGill is the founder of New York Memento, a triangular 19-square-foot photo booth in the West Village in New York City. Before launching Memento, Ireland grew up in a small town in southern Oklahoma. She moved to New York with no apartment lined up and built a career in big tech working with some of the world’s largest consumer brands. In late 2024, Ireland started asking the question: ‘Where does real connection fit in a world that’s always online?’ That question turned into the ear...
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Stephan Courseau is the founder of Travis Street Hospitality and some of Dallas’ most beloved French-inspired restaurants including Le Bilboquet Dallas, Knox Bistro and Georgie. Stephan arrived in New York City from Paris in 1987 with $500 and barely knowing english. He started as a dishwasher and talked his way into Le Bilboquet NYC and worked under legends like Jean-Georges Vongerichten. In 2013 Stephan moved his family to Dallas to open a small 2,000 sq ft restaurant. Within a ...
