Secret Smash Society founders to open Hard Times Deli
Cole Jeanes, left, Harrison Downing, center, and Schuyler O’Brien, right, are affectionately known around Memphis as the “Patty Daddys,” or the masterminds behind the local smash burger pop-up, Secret Smash Society. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The chefs affectionately known around Memphis as the “Patty Daddys” are opening a new restaurant where they can support their families and “not have to work for the man.”
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Joshua Carlucci
Joshua Carlucci is a food writer and professional cook from rural Central California. He is a Memphis transplant by way of New Orleans and New York City. He has a bachelor’s in English from UC Berkeley, a culinary diploma from the Institute of Culinary Education and is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Memphis.
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