GIVING RESTAURANT WORKERS A STAKE IN THE GAME Chef Justin Cucci has implemented a pioneering, self-funded 100% Employee Stock Ownership Plan at his Edible Beats restaurant group. He has started some of Denver's most interesting restaurants including Root Down, Linger, El Five, Vital Root, Root Down DIA, and Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox. I'm interested to speak with him about it, as the only restaurant I've ever been to that has an employee ownership plan literally has the worst service of any restaurant I've ever been to (Casa Nueva in Athens, Ohio) so I want to know how he plans to keep things working well under this type of arrangement. Super cool for his employees though! He's on at 12:35 to discuss.