As the buzz of customers and the drone of airplane engines filled the air, Leimamo Taylor sat in her restaurant’s office feeling overwhelmed. She’s felt this way since opening her cafe in 2019.
“There were all these things coming at me in my first year, it was kind of like a spiral,” Taylor said. “It’s a lot, going from a restaurant that only held 90 people and now holds a couple hundred people.”
Taylor is the proud owner of the Riverside Airport Cafe, previously known for 30 years as the D&D Airport Cafe. Before becoming a restaurateur, she had never owned a business, let alone worked as a manager. Her only experience in the food service industry was as a waitress for several eateries in Riverside, including the one she now owns…