Elena Rojas

The Risr Series — 003

Elena Rojas

She cooked her way back from losing everything.

Runtime 2:35

The chef behind one of Austin's most-loved kitchens on the failure that almost ended her before it began.

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.”

— Elena Rojas

Credits

Directed by Risr Media