Fourteen years ago Marti Lieberman launched Mac Mart, a fast-casual mac and cheese food bowl restaurant based on a few family recipes. And for a while Lieberman did great. She moved from a food truck, to a brick and mortar and even franchised. At one point she had a staff of over 30 people.
“We were flying high,” said Lieberman.
But last January, Lieberman shrunk Mac Mart, closing her franchises, letting go of her employees and moving into a small kiosk in Center City. Looking back, she sometimes wishes she never started…