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\u201cOne of the best restaurants I ever visited,\u201d another customer said. \u201cHighly recommend this place. Great food and friendly staff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBest place to eat in Fayetteville, hands down,\u201d a third reviewer complimented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The mastermind behind this Google five-star reviewed restaurant is Todd Bean, co-owner of the black-owned business, along with his wife Latissa who helps oversee the business\u2019s finances, servers, and upfront operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It all started in Todd Bean\u2019s own kitchen. He has always been a great cook, but he only started selling his food for profit after his career at Goodman Manufacturing came to an end when its Fayetteville location closed down a few years ago. The closure led to many layoffs. Not knowing what else to do, the former Goodman Manufacturing employee turned to food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was cooking out of my own kitchen,\u201d Bean recalled. \u201cAnd I was making plates for people in the community and making plates for normal people just here and there, 10 or 15 plates. As I started to do that, I started taking pictures of the plates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n People in the community began noticing the promotion of his work on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAnd then it just grew to where I was doing so many plates, it started to classify as a commercial kitchen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n So Bean began searching for a location to run his restaurant. He eventually found one and opened up in March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBut by the grace of God, we pressed through,\u201d Bean said. \u201cWe created other services, as far as delivery and pickup, so we could continue to feed our customers. It has grown, and it’s been doing well up until this day. This year, we’ve been looking for a second location and a bigger establishment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Customers continue to praise his work. \u201cI’ve been following Todd Bean since a friend told me about him selling plates on Facebook like 7 years ago,\u201d someone said on another online review. \u201cFinally got the chance to try the food, and it was amazing. I got the Philly cheesesteak and some fried pickles. The cheesesteak was full of flavor, and the fried pickles were breaded perfectly, with a nice crisp, which was a nice change from the soggy ones that other restaurants in town try to pass off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Beano\u2019s Kitchen owner ensures everyone receives quality food and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI’m not the type to take shortcuts,\u201d Bean said. \u201cI’m not the type to rush anybody’s food out the window just to make a sale. I want me, as well as my guys in the kitchen and as well as my servers, to be nice to people because I feel like the more you put into it, the more you get back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bean is happy the restaurant placed him in a position to bless others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI always stand by the motto that if God blesses you, then you need to be able to be a blessing to others.\u201d GN<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Beano\u2019s Kitchen is a Southern and traditional food restaurant, where The Elk Valley Times\u2019 2021 voted best wings are made.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":6734,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[32],"class_list":["post-6732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","tag-november"],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/goodnewsmags.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/DSC09749-1-1-1-683x1024.jpg\")
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