- Date
- 10/21/26
- Table
- The Himalayan Chimney
- Guests
- Emmaline + meEmmaline
- Server
- Brian
It's My Treat: the newest One Question video
- Date
- 10/23/26
- Table
- Encanto
- Guests
- Todd + meTodd
- Server
- Brian
One Question with Todd Hunter · 6:12Every video →
More off the pad
Filmed on my phone, right there at the table. New ones show up here as soon as they're on YouTube.
- Date
- 10/16/26
- Table
- Peking Garden
- Guests
- Sanford + meSanford
- Server
- Brian
What's one piece of advice that you got that you ignored and it turned out well?
- Date
- 10/9/26
- Table
- Sam's Cafe
- Guests
- Murphy + meMurphy
- Server
- Brian
What kind of a life philosophy or something like that do you live by, how do you live your life?
Every check from year one
In 2024 I took someone out once a week and wrote it up. Here's every ticket, still hanging in the window. Pull one to read it.
Winter 2024 January to March · 11 checks

Nan Holda
Sticky Rice

Darian Burow
Guido's

Antonia Emery
Big Grove Tavern

Suki Reid
Guido's

Kris Stockton
Maize

Della Perrone
Farren's

Lillie Bleu Duncanson
Esquire Lounge

Troy Michael
Exit 210 Saloon

Andrew Duncanson
Dos Reales

Jennifer Bannon
Farren's

Mikal Washington
Guido's
Spring 2024 April to June · 10 checks

Lily Wilcock
Maize

Miranda Zarate
Watson's

Suki Reid
Seven Saints

Hunter and Megan
La Bahía Grill

Troy Michael
Esquire Lounge

April Faulkner
The Himalayan Chimney

Wren Paris
Little Caesars (at home)

Eldon Paris
Don Walker's

Jacob Varney
bb.q Chicken

Brian Paris
Dos Reales
Summer 2024 July to September · 9 checks

Erin
Penelope's Vegan Taqueria

Troy Michael
Dos Reales

Bryan Kieft
Huaraches Moroleon

Larry Gates
Papa Del's

Todd Hunter
83 Vietnamese Cuisine

Dan Saphiere
Neil St. Blues

Bryan and Jolee Phelps
Encanto

Joe Lamberson
Baldarotta's

Jenny Lamberson
Yatai
Fall 2024 October to December · 13 checks

Patty Mugavero
Courier Cafe

Patty Mugavero
Silver Creek

Danielle Beard
Olive Garden

Luke Taylor
Sam's Cafe

Izzy Gonzalez
Kung Fu Tea

Troy Michael
Guido's

Derrick Braun
The Space

Alia Horwick
Esquire Lounge

Michael Coulter
Fiesta Cafe

Martha Diehl
Farren's

Yolanda Thomas
Guido's

Adani Sanchez
Sticky Rice

Pip Paris
Dos Reales
Winter 2025 January to March · 2 checks
Lunch is on me.
In 2024 I set myself a goal: once a week, for a year, take someone out for a meal, have a real conversation, and write it up.
No script. No agenda. Just people, talking about life, work, dreams, struggles, and everything in between. Some of it was funny. Some of it was hard. My dad's last dinner is in here, and so are a lot of curly fries.
Now it's simpler. I buy the meal, turn on the camera, and ask one question.
Brian
Want to be next?
Fill out the check. I'll reach out and buy you a meal. Or just leave a question you'd like me to ask somebody.





