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Ryan Trimm faces a triple COVID challenge in an uncertain future

By , Daily Memphian Updated: August 21, 2020 4:00 AM CT | Published: August 21, 2020 4:00 AM CT
<strong>In 2017, Ryan Trimm teamed up with Roger Sapp and Craig Blondis to open Across the Board Restaurant Group. The group&rsquo;s&nbsp;first venture was Sunrise Memphis, the breakfast-and-lunch place on Jefferson. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re at about 60% of what we were doing before COVID,&rdquo; Trimm said of Sunrise.</strong>&nbsp;(Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

In 2017, Ryan Trimm teamed up with Roger Sapp and Craig Blondis to open Across the Board Restaurant Group. The group’s first venture was Sunrise Memphis, the breakfast-and-lunch place on Jefferson. “We’re at about 60% of what we were doing before COVID,” Trimm said of Sunrise. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian)

Restaurateur is juggling a diner, a steakhouse and a neighborhood restaurant. One will likely make it through COVID; the fate of the others is uncertain.

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Jennifer Biggs

Jennifer Biggs

Jennifer Biggs is a native Memphian and veteran food writer and journalist who covers all things food, dining and spirits related for The Daily Memphian.


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