Charles Russ Enjoys Fresh Basil Pesto at Pasta Addict in Gather GVL | A Lawyer, His Friends, & Food

Charles Russ, a West Point graduate, started R-axis Financial Planning and Investments in 2017. In addition to his career as a financial advisor, he also owns Catalyst Gym and recently opened the Recovery Suite, a mental and muscular recovery spa. We recently sat down with him at the dynamic Gather Greenville (Gather GVL) space in downtown Greenville, SC and enjoyed some outstanding homemade Italian cuisine from Pasta Addict.
Learn out how his grandmother steered him to West Point, how 9/11 changed everything during his senior year, and how he ended up in Germany after graduation for his branch assignment.
Discover how he started as a financial advisor while still in the Army stationed in Germany, how Charles grew that business overseas, and the new marketing strategies he had to learn when he returned stateside.
Gather GVL is an expansive outdoor food and beverage space with restaurants built almost entirely of retired shipping containers. Doug and Mack Cross of Four Oaks Property Group developed the concept, and as of this recording, it houses 13 different restaurant concepts, including Pasta Addict, a homemade pasta concept serving approachable, quick, fresh pasta in a casual and fun environment.
After cultivating a local Instagram following, Jennifer Pepe and Anthony Pepe started Pasta Addict in the Gather GVL incubator space. Gather GVL designed the incubator space to help chefs and restauranteurs test the waters of a business concept at a lower cost. The space provides a short-term lease, with reduced costs and equipment provided.
Once in that incubator space, Pasta Addict, which makes all of their pasta by hand and makes all of their sauces in-house, took off. They knew they had something special and quickly moved into a more long-term home inside the main food hall.
Brooks Derrick, the owner of the Derrick Law Office, is a personal injury lawyer in Simpsonville, South Carolina.
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