Interview with John Taboada, Owner of Navarre

John Taboada in front of his restaurant, Navarre

After Mark and I had breakfast this morning at Toast, I met up with John Taboada at his restaurant Navarre on NE 28th Ave. When I walked into Navarre the CLOSED sign was hanging and all of the chairs were stacked on the tables. A chef was in the kitchen chopping vegetables, and three other staff were floating about prepping for dinner. John walked in a few minutes later, a little flustered. When he came in it seemed everyone had a question for him. One woman asked him about entering the details of a featured beer onto the computer, another asked him how to prepare some item of food she’d never dealt with. He seemed very popular. Finally John answered all of them and we were able sit down at a table outside on busy 28th ave together for a few minutes to talk.

John is a very, very cool guy who I have tons of respect for. I’ve attached the audio file (its about twenty minutes), you should listen in to the interview, John has some very interesting things to say. He’s so unpretentious (to the point of irreverence, which I love) and down to earth it was amazing. I sound SO annoying throughout the whole thing and say “yeah” or “right” every other second, but if you can look beyond that you should download the audio file.



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A quiet interior of Navarre before the dinner rush