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Turning the tables on the Central Coast restaurant scene

Tyler Pratt/KCBX News
Chefs Spencer Johnston (far left) and A.J. LaRosa (middle) and wine expert Lannon Rust (far right) stopped by the KCBX studios to talk about SLO County's food and wine scene.

Spencer Johnston is the chef/owner of Danior Kitchen, a catering company in San Luis Obispo. He recently launched at pop-up dinner series called the Turntable Supper Club, an intimate and curated food and wine experience. Johnston stopped by the KCBX studios with fellow chef A.J. LaRosa of the wood-fired catering company, Bear and the Wren, and Lannon Rust, owner ofRust Wine Company and former wine director of Thomas Hill Organics in Paso Robles, to talk about the region's access to incredible food products, the challenges of opening a restaurant on the Central Coast, and how they are doing things a little differently to bring food—and wine—to local consumers.

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