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Epoch Times
7 days ago
- Business
- Epoch Times
New Boutique Hotel, With 6 Rooms and 60 Workers, Is an Outlier in South Beach
Vinod Sreeharsha Miami Herald On Collins Avenue, in the heart of Miami Beach's Art Deco district, Donatella Boutique Hotel & Restaurant doesn't seem to belong. The entrance, a narrow single metal door facing the street, is easy to miss. Once entering, you go down a long, outdoor corridor. Plants are everywhere and bright Miami colors nowhere. And it's quiet, almost peaceful. A look through the entrance of Donatella on May 1, 2025, in Miami, Florida. D.A. Varela/Miami Herald/TNS Donatella Boutique Hotel & Restaurant opened May 9. The restaurant is the center of this venue, 1350 Collins Ave. Dinner tables in a corridor give the place a Mediterranean feel. But before grabbing a seat, you are surrounded by two-story villas to the front, left, and right. Each of the three buildings has two rooms for a total of six rooms. Related Stories 4/24/2025 8/8/2023 That's boutique. There isn't a fancy digital kiosk to check in at when you arrive. There aren't even elevators. But there are carefully restored, spiral red oak staircases to take you to your rooms. If you're out of shape, employees will help. If you're fit, take the help anyway because don't want your luggage damaging the pristine floor. About 60 employees work here—10 for each room. While your bags are taken upstairs, you can have a cocktail in the small check-in area that has a bar. A detail shot of the stairs leading from the restaurant area to a hotel room inside Donatella on May 1, 2025, in Miami, Florida. D.A. Varela/Miami Herald/TNS How Donatella Owners Came Together Donatella Boutique Hotel & Restaurant is owned by and a collaboration between Jamil Dib, co-founder and owner of Vida & Estilo Hospitality Group, and the Nakash Group, owners of The Setai, the luxury Miami Beach hotel. Vida & Estilo runs Salty Flame, the Asian-influenced steak bar on Brickell Avenue, Paperfish Sushi, Barsecco, and more than 18 restaurants in the Miami area and Las Vegas. Dib has lived in South Florida since 1996. After the COVID-19 pandemic, Joe Nakash, chairman of The Setai Hotel, and Dib, a friend, met up and decided they wanted to start a business together. When they saw the property, they 'fell in love' with it, Dib said in an interview with the Miami Herald at the Donatella. An exterior shot of Donatella on May 1, 2025, in Miami, Florida. D.A. Varela/Miami Herald/TNS 'For me, it's more about the architecture,' Dib said. 'You do not find this in Miami Beach.' They acquired the building in 2022 for $6 million, according to Miami-Dade property records. They knew it would not be 'an easy remodeling.' The building was mostly kept intact although a small pool was removed to make way for part of the restaurant. An interior shot of the hotel room named Bianca Allegra' at Donatella on May 1, 2025, in Miami, Florida. D.A. Varela/Miami Herald/TNS From Justin Bieber to Boutique Hotel The property, then known as the Orchid House, was being used as a three-villa rental with a shared kitchen. Singer Justin Bieber stayed there in 2014, a trip that ended with his arrest. It was built in the 1920s by Wallace Tutt, who also designed what became the Versace mansion on nearby Ocean Drive. The rooms at the remodeled Donatella have Italian travertine stone, warm wood, and large bathrooms and vanity areas. Miami-based Mico Design Studios did interiors. A detail shot of the bed inside the hotel room named Bianca Allegra' at Donatella on May 1, 2025, in Miami, Florida. D.A. Varela/Miami Herald/TNS The colors are light—lots of white—while Miami Beach's typical bright colors and neon are absent. The natural stone has light tones as well. There's a peaceful ambience to the rooms, similar to hotel rooms in the South of Spain. The villas are connected by wood bridges where you can also eat dinner if you fancy something even more romantic. Wherever you chose to dine, coastal Southern Italian dining will be served by chef Alessandro Morrone, who's from Naples, Italy. His menu features black truffle cacio e pepe, rigatoni nduja, and Skull Island prawns. The restaurant seats 170 people. A private dining room accommodates 15. An interior shot of the dining area of Donatella on May 1, 2025, in Miami, Florida. D.A. Varela/Miami Herald/TNS The Donatella, next to the Shepley Hotel, has no pool or rooftop where groups can hang out. There's no sauna or spa. And you likely won't find South Beach crowds partying late into the night. 'We cannot compete maybe with the big hotels, with the beach clubs, but we're different,' Dib said. A big part of that is paying meticulous attention to every customer and every detail, he said. For example, Dib said he chose every song on the hotel's Spotify playlist. During the interview, he stopped to point out songs he had selected that comprise Donatella Chill. Signature dishes from the restaurant at Donatella on May 1, 2025, in Miami, Florida. D.A. Varela/Miami Herald/TNS The Donatella Connection? The hotel doesn't have a direct connection with its namesake. Donatella Versace is the sister of Gianni Versace, the Italian fashion mogul killed in 1997 on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion. She also was a prominent fashion designer and CEO of Versace until March when she announced she'd step down. 'I don't know the family at all,' Dib said. 'There's no connection.' But he said they did obtain the trademark to use Donatella's name. The U.S. States Patent and Trademark Office records confirmed that. An interior shot of Donatella on May 1, 2025, in Miami, Florida. D.A. Varela/Miami Herald/TNS Dib's partner Joe Nakash acquired Versace's South Beach mansion in a New York auction in 2013 for $41.5 million. The runner-up was Donald Trump. Once a run-down apartment building called The Amsterdam Palace, the Versace mansion is now Villa Casa Casuarina, which includes a boutique hotel. A bartender makes a cocktail inside the bar at Donatella on May 1, 2025, in Miami, Florida. D.A. Varela/Miami Herald/TNS If You Go The hotel's starting rate is $460 a night, Dib said. At the restaurant, he hopes you can get a good meal for $80 to $100. Initially, the restaurant will be open for dinner only. They hope after about two months to start offering Sunday brunch. For reservations at the hotel or more information, go to Copyright 2025 Miami Herald. Visit Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. Dear Readers: We would love to hear from you. What topics would you like to read about? Please send your feedback and tips to
Eater
20-05-2025
- Business
- Eater
Baijiu, Crab Lo Mein, and Mahjong Collide at D.C.'s New Lucky Danger
Chinese American restaurant Lucky Danger is moving in 'the reverse direction of Panda Express,' acclaimed chef and restaurateur Tim Ma jokes. The Mount Vernon Triangle ghost kitchen that first served delivery staples like fried rice and pork wontons during the pandemic and set up long-term takeout digs in Pentagon City Mall is returning to D.C. in an almost-unrecognizable new form (709 D Street NW). Opening on Wednesday, May 21, the full-service restaurant with three distinct bars will feature what Ma calls 'updated Chinese food,' drinks inspired by Chinese herbal medicine, and even mahjong lessons that turn the restaurant into 'a Chinese community center.' Opening hours are 4 to 11 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, with lunch (and possibly even weekend dim sum) coming soon. The Penn Quarter spot will serve dishes, like allium pancakes with whipped tofu and caviar; blue crab lo mein with leek fondue; and duck fried chaufa (Peruvian fried rice) with fish sauce caramel, that transform classic Chinese dishes with flavors and techniques from France, Peru, Thailand, and the rest of the world. Ma says the menu's eclectic palate is 'just a reflection of how people eat these days,' and is influenced by D.C. kitchen staffs being made up of many different nationalities. A D.C. native, executive chef Robbie Reyes returns to the capital to run Lucky Danger's kitchen after stints at the David Burke-led Breckenridge Distillery Restaurant in Colorado, David Chang's Momofuku in New York and D.C., and even a short time in Peru. He's been running operations for the classic Chinese American menu in Pentagon City for a year now and developed the new Penn Quarter menu with Ma through nostalgic research trips to New York's Chinatown. The new restaurant itself straddles the line between fine and casual dining, with the brick walls of the Partisan's former space dressed up with the playful Lucky Danger icon and red-and-green wallpaper depicting flowers, pottery, and dragons that take cues from ancient Chinese art. There are four distinct spaces throughout the multifaceted flagship. First there's a bright entryway bar serving classic cocktails infused with Asian-influenced flavors, like a take on a margarita with Sichuan peppercorn and a tomato-salt rim, leading into a cozy dining room where diners can settle into soft leather booths to chow down on family-style servings of Chinese prime rib, Beijing duck, or wild boar char sui balanced with a napa cabbage slaw. At the back of the dining room, Chinese characters on the wall spell out a saying that was written on Ma's uncle's restaurant, the Shandong Inn, which loosely translates to 'let the cocktails and champagne fly, let the good times roll.' That freehearted phrase leads to the moody and red lantern-illuminated 'Lucky Club.' Bar director Sunny Vanavichai's flowing cocktails are a little more complicated in this den, like an umami bitters and sesame-infused whiskey drink served with a Pei Pa Kao candy that's reminiscent of molasses-like traditional Chinese cough medicine. A Chinese grain spirit called baijiu is paired with brie, pear cordial, and a bitter apertif to marry the complex fermented flavors. There's also a hidden theme in the name of each cocktail (hint: Ma loves Jackie Chan), with the Twisting Tiger Punch mellowing out smoky mezcal with Oolong tea, mango lassi, ginger, and five spice. The groundbreaking restaurateur pays homage to one of his favorite movies by the iconic actor and martial arts star in his hidden mahjong parlor at the very back of Lucky Danger. In Rush Hour 2 , Chan kicks down the door of Don Cheadle's character's illegal mahjong bar in the back of a Crenshaw Chinese restaurant. 'This is our mahjong bar in the back of the Chinese restaurant,' Ma explains. 'I am Don Cheadle.' Automatic mahjong tables can be rented for $45 an hour here, and Ma plans to host weekly lessons with the four tables that can set up a game within seconds. His dad helped teach mahjong at Scott Chung's (now-closed) Sparrow Room for two years and the classes garnered a cult following, easily booking up twice a week. Now, Ma himself, his dad, and other family friends will teach mahjong at Lucky Danger. Over-proof whiskeys and whiskey cocktails will be served at this hidden bar, and while the entire food menu is available throughout the rest of the building, this shrine to the tile-based game will be drinks-only. A quick scan of the food menu may seem familiar to devoted Ma fans. The iconic crab Rangoon from the original takeout spot are dusted with Old Bay, spicy mapo tofu is beefed up with rice cakes and shiitake mushrooms, and a few dishes that have frequented Any Day Now's constantly evolving dinner menu are back too, like whole crispy flounder balanced by a fresh papaya salad. The Navy Yard spot became a sort of test kitchen for Ma, where they served 'versions of the dishes from here last year, some of the upcoming concepts have been tested there.' Those upcoming eateries include the recently opened Kata, an Asian fusion supper club in Chinatown; Sushi Sato, an all-you-can-eat sushi spot coming to H Street in the next month; and Taco Cat, a playful, all-day taco spot in Western Market. Beyond debuting three completely new restaurants and a more refined version of Lucky Danger, Ma plans to open another location of Any Day Now in the Chinatown area and two more casual takeout versions of Lucky Danger in Baltimore and Virginia. Related Chinatown's Fusiony New Supper Club Hits All the Senses While all these openings sound overwhelming, Ma is taking a back seat to young new chefs that 'are closer to modern cuisine' in his kitchens and is ready to focus on rolling out a small restaurant empire with new takes on Asian-American food 'for the culture.' 'Nobody's going to Sushi Sato to see me. They're going for sushi. And I think that's the way it should be,' he says. 'That's the new evolution.' Sign up for our newsletter.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Tucci In Italy' On Disney+ And Hulu, Where Stanley Tucci Eats His Way Through Italy Yet Again
Tucci In Italy is more or less a continuation of Stanley Tucci's CNN travel series Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy. He continues to visit different regions of his ancestral home, talking to chefs and other people who contribute to the food culture of a particular region. In the five episodes in this season of the show, Tucci visits Tuscany, Lombardy, Trentino-Alto Adige, Abruzzo and Lazio. Opening Shot: A windy mountain range that yields white marble. Stanley Tucci walks on a ridge and quotes Michelangelo: 'I saw the angel in the marble, and I carved until I set it free.' The Gist: In Tuscany, Tucci starts with Florence, the city many think is Italy's food and culture capital. He tries lampredotto, which is essentially beef intestines, which Florentines often eat on a roll for breakfast(!). Then goes to Dalla Lola, a restaurant specializing in peasant recipes that Florence's working class used to make and eat all the time, including a dish called 'fake tripe.' He then travels to Colonnata, known for its impeccable marble, but also one of the best places to get lardo, which is aged pork fatback. He then goes to Maremma, 'the 'Wild West' of 'Italy's Wild West,' visiting with cattle ranchers called Butteri, who manage herds of free-range cattle that produce low-fat, very tender steaks, which Tucci helps the lead buttero grill. Back in Florence, Tucci eats at an Asian-influenced restaurant that adheres to the city's arcane restaurant rules as far as sourcing of ingredients are concerned, but definitely goes a different way than the usual. Then he goes to Siena, where he observes the mass feasts that happen all over the city during the twice-per-year Palio di Siena. What Shows Will It Remind You Of? As we mentioned, Tucci In Italy is pretty much a continuation of the 2021-22 CNN/BBC series Stanley Tucci: Searching For Italy. It's very much in the vein of other food-oriented travel shows, like Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown or Taste The Nation With Padma Take: Despite a couple of years' break and a switch of networks, Tucci In Italy doesn't try to give us anything more than the previous show did, which is Stanley Tucci walking through various places in Italy, where his family was from and where he lived for a time when he was a kid. He is his usual wry and erudite self, enjoying all sorts of food, speaking Italian to the people that are featured in a segment, and muses about the marriage of food and culture in his voice overs. What we thought about all this four years ago, when the original show debuted, really hasn't changed: Tucci isn't quite as personable a narrator as Bourdain or Lakshmi is, and he tends to observe rather than connect with the people he talks to. He definitely can lead towards pretentiousness at times. But he also shows so much passion for his family's homeland, and a fascination with each region's food culture, especially restaurants and dishes that go against the norms of what a tourist might eat when he or she goes to Italy on vacation. So, if there are moments where, for instance, he seems a bit detached when the owner of a local marble mine talks to him about the history of mining in his town, we're figuring he's just thinking about the food he's going to be eating later. Sex and Skin: None, except for sexy shots of Shot: An overview of thousands of people sitting at long tables for the communal dinners during the Palio de Star: In a show like this, the director of photography is the sleeper star, because of all the inviting scenery they shoot. In this episode, the DP is Matt Ball. Most Pilot-y Line: Tucci says 'Wow' a lot when he eats something he loves, though at times we wish he said something like, 'Damn, that's good!' or something equally enthusiastic. Our Call: STREAM IT. Stanley Tucci isn't exactly the most relatable or warm presence as a travel host, but he is thorough, and Tucci In Italy is a good continuation of the journey through the country that he started on CNN in 2021. Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn't kid himself: he's a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, Fast Company and elsewhere.
Miami Herald
05-05-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
New boutique hotel, with 6 rooms and 60 workers, is an outlier in South Beach
On Collins Avenue, in the heart of Miami Beach's Art Deco district, Donatella Boutique Hotel & Restaurant doesn't seem to belong. The entrance, a narrow single metal door facing the street, is easy to miss. Once entering, you go down a long, outdoor corridor. Plants are everywhere and bright Miami colors nowhere. And it's quiet, almost peaceful. Donatella Boutique Hotel & Restaurant will open May 9. The restaurant is the center of this venue, 1350 Collins Ave. Dinner tables in a corridor give the place a Mediterranean feel. But before grabbing a seat, you are surrounded by two-story villas to the front, left and right. Each of the three buildings has two rooms for a total of six rooms. That's boutique. There isn't a fancy digital kiosk to check in at when you arrive. There aren't even elevators. But there are carefully restored, spiral red oak staircases to take you to your rooms. If you're out of shape, employees will help. If you're fit, take the help anyway because don't want your luggage damaging the pristine floor. About 60 employees work here — 10 for each room. While your bags are taken upstairs, you can have a cocktail in the small check-in area that has a bar. How Donatella owners came together Donatella Boutique Hotel & Restaurant is owned by and a collaboration between Jamil Dib, co-founder and owner of Vida & Estilo Hospitality Group, and the Nakash Group, owners of The Setai, the luxury Miami Beach hotel. Vida & Estilo runs Salty Flame, the Asian-influenced steak bar on Brickell Avenue, Paperfish Sushi, Barsecco and more than 18 restaurants in the Miami area and Las Vegas. Dib has lived in South Florida since 1996. After the COVID-19 pandemic, Joe Nakash, chairman of The Setai Hotel, and Dib, a friend, met up and decided they wanted to start a business together. When they saw the property, they 'fell in love' with it, Dib said in an interview with the Miami Herald at the Donatella. 'For me, it's more about the architecture,' Dib said. 'You do not find this in Miami Beach.' They acquired the building in 2022 for $6 million, according to Miami-Dade property records. They knew it would not be 'an easy remodeling.' The building was mostly kept intact although a small pool was removed to make way for part of the restaurant. From Justin Bieber to boutique hotel The property, then known as the Orchid House, was being used as a three-villa rental with a shared kitchen. Singer Justin Bieber stayed there in 2014, a trip that ended with his arrest. It was built in the 1920s by Wallace Tutt, who also designed what became the Versace mansion on nearby Ocean Drive. The rooms at the remodeled Donatella have Italian travertine stone, warm wood and large bathrooms and vanity areas. Miami-based Mico Design Studios did interiors. The colors are light — lots of white — while Miami Beach's typical bright colors and neon are absent. The natural stone has light tones as well. There's a peaceful ambience to the rooms, similar to hotel rooms in the South of Spain. The villas are connected by wood bridges where you can also eat dinner if you fancy something even more romantic. Wherever you chose to dine, coastal Southern Italian dining will be served by chef Alessandro Morrone, who's from Naples, Italy. His menu will feature black truffle cacio e pepe, rigatoni nduja and Skull Island prawns. The restaurant seats 170 people. A private dining room accommodates 15. The Donatella, next to the Shepley Hotel, has no pool or rooftop where groups can hang out. There's no sauna or spa. And you likely won't find South Beach crowds partying late into the night. 'We cannot compete maybe with the big hotels, with the beach clubs, but we're different,' Dib said. A big part of that is paying meticulous attention to every customer and every detail, he said. For example, Dib said he chose every song on the hotel's Spotify playlist. During the interview, he stopped to point out songs he had selected that comprise Donatella Chill. The Donatella connection? The hotel doesn't have a direct connection with its namesake. Donatella Versace is the sister of Gianni Versace, the Italian fashion mogul killed in 1997 on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion. She also was a prominent fashion designer and CEO of Versace until March when she announced she'd step down. 'I don't know the family at all,' Dib said. 'There's no connection.' But he said they did obtain the trademark to use Donatella's name. The U.S. States Patent and Trademark Office records confirmed that. Dib's partner Joe Nakash acquired Versace's South Beach mansion in a New York auction in 2013 for $41.5 million. The runner-up was Donald Trump. Once a run-down apartment building called The Amsterdam Palace, the Versace mansion is now Villa Casa Casuarina, which includes a boutique hotel. Tour the Donatella Boutique Hotel Pricing and reservations The hotel's starting rate will be $460 a night, Dib said. At the restaurant, he hopes you can get a good meal for $80 to $100. Initially, the restaurant will be open for dinner only. They hope after about two months to start offering Sunday brunch. For reservations at the hotel or more information, go to .
San Francisco Chronicle
04-05-2025
- Business
- San Francisco Chronicle
Entrepreneur visited S.F.'s notorious building department 80 times in 6 months: ‘I got so much support'
When she first walked into San Francisco's Department of Building Inspections to realize her dream of opening an escape room in the city, Vy Tran didn't have the highest of expectations. She knew its reputation. ' Red tape, fees, unforeseen delays and the feeling that no one really cares what you're trying to create,' Tran said. 'Common themes.' But what could she do? It was the 31-year-old entrepreneur's lifelong dream to create the Bay Area's first combo speakeasy and escape room in the Mission District. She had already signed a lease at 3065 16th St., the former El Tin Tan bar, which had closed a decade before. She was investing her life savings into the escape room, an 'Alice in Wonderland'-themed live action puzzle with brain-contorting challenges, outlandish design and Asian-influenced cocktails. She had no choice but to keep going, and crack a different puzzle, one that has befuddled and exasperated generations of San Francisco builders: the city's famously Byzantine permitting process, which is, by some accounts, among the slowest of any major city in the country. So Tran, an immigrant from Vietnam who made national news in 2019 when she founded the first-ever bulletproof clothing line, became a regular at the DBI permitting center on South Van Ness. She would walk over from her SoMa apartment several times a week. Sometimes more than once a day. In a six month period she popped into the DBI offices 80 times. 'It was nice to have an office to go to,' she said. Tran posted videos about the process on Instagram and Tiktok. When she wrote about her experience on Reddit some commenters suggested the fact that she went there so often was an indication of how broken the permitting process is. 'I was like, 'Guys no, I chose to go. Normal people don't go. I just felt like I got so much support,'' she said. 'When I found out just how many resources were available I kept going. I went there as often as I felt like walking over. Why not stop by the DBI? The folks there are so nice.' Tran's experience is hardly the norm for DBI — the agency has been besieged by corruption scandals in recent years — and averages two stars on Yelp. A 2022 Chronicle study found a typical multi-family applicant waits 627 days after approvals to obtain a full set of permits. The city's building code is 1,000 pages, with decades of lawmakers layering on requirement after requirement, while rarely getting rid of obsolete codes. It has also been rocked by a series of corruption scandals, probes and indictments. Currently, Mayor Daniel Lurie is working on a plan to reform the agency. It's unclear whether Tran's experience represents real change for the agency or the experience of one unusually tenacious and dedicated builder with an irrepressible personality. DBI claims that a newly revamped 'over the counter' desk now issues permits in less than two days for 64% of applicants. Escape rooms — an $8 billion global industry — require teams of players to find clues, solve puzzles in a series of rooms. Tran's escape room, to be called Lore, will include a full-time actor, a flight of cocktails and a 'mad hatter' tea party in the back patio where teams discuss the experience at the end. She said 'at the end of the day it's about helping people make friends.' 'Loneliness is a huge issue,' she said. 'My escape room isn't going to solve it all, but we do need more immersive experiences where people can come together. Bars aren't really the place to meet people anymore. That is just the way things have come to be.' It's rare city building inspectors are the object of anything but bitterness or frustration — never mind undiluted praise. But Tran said she is particularly indebted to David Jones, a longtime engineer and plan checker who manages DBI's the over-the-counter permitting desk. Jones said Tran marched in and made it clear 'she wanted to do as much of the work herself as possible, despite not having planned or built anything like this in the past.' He advised her on how to draft drawings and assemble an application package. 'Vy was a wonderful applicant with a great curiosity about construction and building standards, and an infectious enthusiasm for the unique speakeasy escape room she's creating, Jones said. He encouraged her to use the 3-D design software Sketchup, which would allow her to create her own plans. 'He was the one who said I could probably do it myself. I was like, 'Sure, I can save $30,000?'' Tran said. 'I talked to architecture firms and, my goodness, it's really expensive.' She said learning how to use the software was 'very frustrating,' and she 'quit four times.' 'I'd be lying in bed, angry, thinking, 'Let me try it again,'' she said. After all that, construction is now in full swing on the 16th Street space. Tran designed Lore's multipart mechanical puzzles and hired a Poland-based escape-room builder, A+ Props, to fabricate them. The fully built out rooms are currently on a ship headed to the Port of Oakland and are scheduled to arrive on May 19, 10 days before the escape room opens. Workers in the 16th Street space are putting in the electrical and plumbing improvements, building the bar, a 24-person communal dining table for birthdays and corporate events. The escape room will feature a series of puzzles that take 100 minutes to complete. It will cost $89 per person, which will include a flight of three cocktails. If things go as planned, revenue from the early days will fund more puzzle rooms in a spacious basement, in which she plans a series of go-kart lines carting guests through different experiences. Tran got a grant from the city's new SF Shines program that gives up to $10,000 grants for storefront improvements. She took advantage of a first-time business program that reduced permitting fees to nearly zero. In that Reddit post Tran encouraged other San Franciscans to take advantage of the depressed real estate market — and a possibly even more helpful city bureaucracy — to realize deferred dreams. 'Building in S.F. isn't all doom and gloom anymore,' she wrote on Reddit. 'If you've ever dreamed of starting something, now's the time.' True to Reddit's reputation, not everyone was convinced Tran's experience is a sign of actual change in DBI.
