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There was a day when an indie restaurant owner had one restaurant, period. Now everybody and his mother owns at least two. It’s a trend, which probably started with OGs like Matt Carter (Zinc, two Missions, Fat Ox), Bernie Kantak (Citizen, The Gladly) and Chris Bianco (Pizzeria Bianco, Pane Bianco, Tratto, etc). Nowadays, the list must also include Gio Osso (Virtù Honest Craft, Virtù Pizzeria, Piccolo Virtù), TJ Culp (Restaurant Progress, Sottise), Dom Ruggiero (Hush,...

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Charles Barber looks happy tooling around in his new restaurant, a sleek North Phoenix spot he named Aftermath to reference what came before and what comes next for him. As you may already know, he partnered with Dom Ruggiero to open Hush Public House in 2019, Barber running the front of the house, Ruggiero manning the stove. The place was a runaway hit and remains wildly popular, but after two years, Barber was ready to...