The food at Chef2TheBone is made with love, and owners Reginald and Chavé Stewart say that love is for the community of Corona, which has wrapped its arms around this couple.
“Our community is giving back to us, so it really does feel good,” Chavé said.
The husband and wife duo started their business inside their home in 2018. Chef Reggie cooked up Southern inspired dishes, a reflection of his South Carolina roots. The two drove from Upland to Riverside to deliver meals.
“We went from five to 10 plates, to 50 to 60 plates all over the Inland Empire,” Chavé said.
When COVID lockdowns went into effect, their Inland Empire business soared. Hundreds placed orders for chef’s famous fried seafood, macaroni and cheese, collard greens and gumbo.
“It can be very humbling but we just believed in the brand so much and what we could do. And it paid off. It took us six years to finally get the brick and mortar,” Chavé said.
You can order your fish fried or blackened, and you can eat it piled high atop of crinkly fries or do The Whole Chabang.