1165: Scott Lawton, Co-Founder, former CEO, and Chairman at Bartaco

Scott Lawton is a Co-Founder, former CEO, and Chairman at Bartaco. We have previously featured Andy Pforzheimer, co-founder of Bartaco (episode #829), and Anthony Valleta, President of Bartaco (episode #976) on Restaurant Unstoppable. Scott is from Atlanta originally and attended culinary school before working for industry giants such as Drew Nieporent at Tribeca Grill in NYC. Today, there are 35 Bartaco restaurants across the US.

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Today's guests recommends these tools:

• Olo
• 1Huddle

Guest contact info: 

• https://bartaco.com/

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