After years of pop-ups and with three restaurant opening under her belt, chef and Eater Young Gun Maya Lovelace is hanging up her restaurant apron. Just over a month after opening her latest restaurant, Hissyfit, Lovelace has announced its closure, as well as her departure from the Portland restaurant industry. “We have made the decision to walk away from the restaurant industry and seek a more gentle, joyful, sustainable life and livelihood,” a post on the restaurant’s Instagram reads. Lovelace has not responded to Eater’s request for comment.
In her career, Lovelace has worked at restaurants like South Carolina destination Husk and Portland’s Beast, before she began her Southern
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