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Elena Rojas
The chef behind one of Austin's most-loved kitchens on the failure that almost ended her before it began.
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Elena Rojas opened her first restaurant with borrowed money and a borrowed name. It closed in nine months. This film is about what she learned in the year that followed — and the second restaurant that changed a neighborhood.
About Elena Rojas
Elena is the chef and owner of a neighborhood restaurant in East Austin.
"The restaurant that failed taught me how to feed people. The one that worked taught me how to stay."