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Controlled Chaos

The former manager of a popular Greenville restaurant pulls back the curtain

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Dani B. Holt
Sep 23, 2023
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IT’S SATURDAY EVENING halfway through a bustling dinner service. Each table is booked, the phone is busy with inquiries, the bar fully seated, and we have a number count on the servings remaining for each entrée on the menu. In this synchronized chaos, I’m standing in the back stairwell on the second stair from the landing.

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Born and raised in Pickens, South Carolina, Dani lives in Greenville with her husband, dog, and three rescue cats. After careers in both the nonprofit sector and restaurant industry, she is now a writer with a love for all things Appalachia.
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