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Building the Amazon of Restaurants at Cali BBQ Media

Amazon of Restaurants is Cali BBQ in San Diego

Cali BBQ Media is building the Amazon of Restaurants. With a rapidly expanding footprint physically and digitally, influential restaurant owner and digital media proponent Shawn P. Walchef thinks BIG when it comes to future-proof growth and exploring new ideas for his Cali BBQ Media company. The BIG idea is simple: Build the Amazon of Restaurants […]

Talking Restaurant Branding During the Pandemic on Shark Bite Biz Podcast

Shark Bite Biz podcast episode Shawn Walchef

The restaurant industry has been hit hard during the 2020 pandemic. Cali BBQ owner Shawn Walchef was a guest on the Shark Bite Biz podcast to talk about the state of the hospitality business and the ways it can digitally transform to find a future for tomorrow. But even with the right knowledge and tools, […]

A Life of Hospitality and Hard Work Lessons | Cali BBQ History

Shawn Walchef washes dishes at 14 years old

There’s an old photo I look back on fondly. It shows me at 14 years old washing dishes in my family’s restaurant — the same restaurant I now own. I hated washing dishes on the weekend in Spring Valley while all my friends were in La Jolla playing sports outside. Now more than two decades […]

COVID-19 Updates from Cali BBQ

April 2020 Pickup Window

You can always order Cali BBQ online for pick-up or delivery. *** Update May 2020: We appreciate the eagerness to get back in our dining rooms to support our restaurant. For the last nine weeks we have worked tirelessly to find a way to safely serve our guests slow-smoked bbq, beer, and cocktails for take-out and […]