Emma's Torch in WTOP News

Your newest brunch spot is a path to the American dream for someone else

Inside a Northeast D.C. storefront, a handful of immigrants sat at a table listening to someone go through all the ins and outs of American restaurant standards. From what you wear to how you groom yourself, all the way to the importance of clean uniforms and aprons, they heard everything that would be expected of them.

A few feet away, inside what is on the small side in terms of restaurant kitchens, a few more listened to instructions from a chef, looked over recipes and started preparations for lunch.

If it sounds a little bit like a classroom and a little bit like an actual restaurant. But it’s actually a nonprofit enterprise that’s both. It’s what makes Emma’s Torch such a unique venture… Read more