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Alumni Restaurateurs Elevate Divine Dining
Jeff Tonidandel and Jamie Brown during Leluia Hall’s renovation
Author: Jay Pfeifer
Jeff Tonidandel ’98 and Jamie Brown ’99
Divine Dining: Restaurateurs Elevate Queen City’s Spirits, Communal Cuisine in Once Holy Spaces
Jeff Tonidandel and Jamie Brown’s newest restaurant, Leluia Hall, opened on May 6, marking the end of a three-year renovation. The Wildcat restaurateurs patiently rehabbed a building that had once been a church, transforming it into their next temple of fine dining.
In early 2009, Jeff Tonidandel ’98 and Jamie Brown ’99 took the biggest gamble of their lives: They opened a restaurant. See the article published during Leluia Hall’s construction.