Nguyen Tran

  • How to Run an Illegal Restaurant

    In 2008, when the economy went to shit, my wife and I decided to quit our jobs in the advertising and film industries to run an illegal Asian restaurant out of our small Los Angeles apartment.

  • How Arcade Games Gave a Second Life to My Dead Restaurant

    I don’t know if Starry Kitchen would have ever come back if it wasn’t for this concept. Our food—and my banana suit chef antics—goes perfectly with everything that Button Mash stands for.