Kevin Boehm in Conversation with Rachel Rischall

Join us to celebrate the release of The Bottomless Cup: A Memoir of Secrets, Restaurants, and Forgiveness by Kevin Boehm, James Beard Award-winning restaurateur and cofounder of the Boka Group.

We are so excited to host Kevin Boehm for an evening at Three Avenues Bookshop to celebrate the release of his memoir! Kevin Boehm will be in conversation with Rachel Rischall, a neighbor and curator of good humans (and books and restaurants!). The event will feature a conversation and audience Q&A, with an author meet & greet and book signing to follow.

When: Thursday, November 6th at 6:30 pm (doors open at 6:15 pm)

Where: Three Avenues Bookshop - 3009 N Southport Ave, Chicago, IL 60657

Copies of The Bottomless Cup by Kevin Boehm will be available for purchase during the event! Participants will have the opportunity to get their books signed by Kevin Boehm!

About the Book: The Bottomless Cup: A Memoir of Secrets, Restaurants, and Forgiveness

An eye-opening, entertaining, and unflinchingly honest memoir that reads like The Tender Bar meets The Bear

James Beard Award-winning restaurateur Kevin Boehm has opened 40 restaurants in his 30-year career. He's worked with hard-core line cooks and celebrity chefs, suffered embarrassing setbacks, and won Michelin stars. Today his Boka Group is one of the most successful restaurant companies in the world.

But Boehm's path was a complicated one. A turbulent family life and a shocking revelation about his father drove him out into the world in search of a home. He found one in restaurants. Amidst other gifted and damaged people, he discovered the magic of hospitality and the thrill of a dining room on the edge of chaos.

The Bottomless Cup is Boehm's vibrant, funny and frank account of a life in and out of restaurants. This is a memoir about dropping out and finding your place, about opening nights and what comes after, about chefs, partners, guests, and critics. The Bottomless Cup is a story of ambition and adrenaline, of reaching remarkable highs and reckoning with the costs.

About the Author

Kevin Boehm is cofounder of the Boka Group and winner of the James Beard Award for Outstanding Restaurateur in 2019. He has opened 40 restaurants over the last 30 years, including Girl & the Goat, Swift & Sons, Momotaro, GT Prime, Alla Vita, Duck Duck Goat, Little Goat, GT Fish & Oyster, Cira, Lazy Bird, Cabra, Girl & The Goat Los Angeles, and Laser Wolf Brooklyn, among others. He has been a featured or keynote speaker at dozens of conferences, festivals, and universities, and currently sits on the board of the Illinois Restaurant Association, Open Table, 826 CHI, and Steppenwolf Theatre. Boehm has written for Esquire, the Chicago Sun Times, McSweeney's, and Fast Company. He lives in Chicago.

About the Moderator

Rachel Rischall is the founder of Three PR, a lifestyle PR firm focused on better-for-you food brands. She's the co-host of The Connection Code podcast which helps people foster connection and make the relationships in their lives a little bit better. Rachel is also a co-founder of Between Bites, a nonprofit event series that celebrates the cross-section of hospitality, food memories, and storytelling. She is obsessed with books, writers and restaurants.

Event Accessibility

Three Avenues Bookshop's goal is to be a safe, accessible, and inclusive space for all. Please email us at access@threeavenuesbookshop.com to let us know if you need any accommodations for this event, and we'll do our best to meet them. Accommodations can include but are not limited to the following: space for a wheelchair or other mobility device, masks, answering questions about the space over the phone or email ahead of time, etc.