The story of San Francisco’s deaf-owned pizzeria
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 ธ.ค. 2024
- Culinary programs called her a “liability.” Banks refused her loan applications. Here’s the true story of a deaf entrepreneur who founded a pizza empire backed by her community.
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Melody Stein always knew that she wanted to own her own business. As the daughter of San Francisco restaurateurs, building a restaurant from the ground up seemed like a natural choice when she was in her late teenage years. So she applied for work at a local restaurant, aiming to get the kitchen experience she’d need to one day build her own operation.
But the management told Melody she was a liability. Because Melody is deaf, they reasoned, she might have accidental run-ins with staff while they were carrying dishes or hot pots and pans. They rejected her application.
In 2011, Melody and her husband Russ opened a pizzeria, a restaurant where an all-deaf staff cooks and serves Neapolitan pizzas. The idea was to serve excellent food in an atmosphere that’s welcoming to both the Deaf community and hearing customers alike.
Since 2011, the restaurant's two locations in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. have hosted hundreds of Deaf customers from around the world, including Sweden, Italy, China, Japan, and Brazil.
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The moment a person accepts themselves for who they are is the moment they have control over their lives. She's like the embodiment of that quote
Cool series, I like the idea to put entrepreneurs and SB owners in the limelight. Besides that idea to sell pizza all the way from Florida to SF is quite a touch. Keep it up!
Really love this one! A truly inspiring story of succeeding against all odds. Seeing them approach every problem so humbly and come out victorious on the other side was beautiful.
What a touching and inspirational story thank you 💙
Great idea for a show.. like Shark Tank but even better at showing others to create small business ideas and to get through struggles... pretty 'inspiring' truly, and that word is overused lately but this is a truly fitting inspiriation to many people.. needed right now.
That's fantastic being able to work with family and friends on your dream business. So much more satisfying when you can say you made it
No bank should have ever turned them down. I can almost give the culinary schools a pass - almost, but not the banks. If she's a liability, we need more liabilities. I love this story! Thanks for producing it and all the best to this team of great people. Btw I love pizza. Please expand to NYC.
This is still the unfortunate reality with bank loans for the Culinary, be it restaurants, coffee shops or more. Too many other bad unskilled attempts have ruined it for those with the real ability and skills. Especially during covid banks were very averse to handing out loans in that area.
Amazing 😄👌🏽
Outfuckingstanding story. Keep it up.
Wow, Amazing! Cool. Keep it up!🤟🏾🤟🏼🤟🏻🤟🏽🤟🏿💖💪🏼💪🏽💪🏻💪🏾💪🏿🥰
Seeing this incredible story, I want to visit San Francisco and eat their pizza
ALWAYS STUNNING!!!!
They don’t listen to anything that the critics have to say.
They act like they don’t hear it at all.
Does anyone else see that the irony of her name being Melody…you know because she’s a pizza chef
Brilliant. But now I’m hungry.
It would've been interesting to know what is the current profitability of the restaurant.
💪❤.
Been, it was ight
What a waste of time video. She is no less or more capable than anyone else. Just go out and do it.......
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Cooking has nothing to do with hearing.
In a restaurant, communication is incredibly important. That being said, if you can communicate through sign language, it’s a challenge but not impossible- as these lovely persons have demonstrated!
So what ? Want a biscuit ?
She makes the biscuits and dough buddy.. did you even watch before replying..
You make a movie about inclusiveness, and use subtitles? That’s not inclusive. I am not a native speaker and reading titles is twice as hard for me. But I having a blind friend - I can’t complain. This is one video I cannot share with her.
yeah all-inclusive would be with sign language interpretation as well as voice-over narration but it is the style of their videos to subtitle foreign languages so they are being consistent