- February 10, 2026
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A significant amount of rookie restaurateurs don’t even make it through year one in the notoriously difficult industry. So for childhood friends, business partners and first-time restaurant operators Mitch Good and Matt Hess, getting to 13 months with El Melvin Cocina Mexicana, on Main Street in downtown Sarasota, is sweet success. Doing that in a pandemic for more than half the time makes it only sweeter.
