‘I have to make it’: Fanny Ruiz de Chavez refused service to failure; 16 months later, she’s still cooking

 Story and photos by Channa Steinmetz, Startland News | Video by Catherine Hoffman, Flatland Sitting in fear was quickly off the menu for Fanny Ruiz de Chavez — told less than two months after her Lee’s Summit restaurant’s 2020 grand opening that she’d need to close down because of COVID-19 restrictions, she recalled.  [pullquote] … Continue reading ‘I have to make it’: Fanny Ruiz de Chavez refused service to failure; 16 months later, she’s still cooking