August 2021
This summer Goldbelly launched the Local Legends Fund, a creative corporate giveback program. The fund’s mission: bring 100 restaurants back to life, to resurrect beloved local shops that have had to close due to unexpected challenges, including the pandemic, and make them even stronger than they were before. Early recipients of aid included Jones’ Bar-B-Q, Arkansas’ oldest black-owned restaurant, Rotier’s, a beloved Nashville burger joint, and Shirley Chung’s Ms. Chi, an artisan dumpling shop in Los Angeles.
Forbes' David Hessekiel spoke with Goldbelly cofounder and CEO Joe Ariel about the initiative: