Recent Press
The Palm Beaches: Highlighting Local Heroes In The Palm Beaches
"Rodney Mayo, a West Palm Beach resident and owner of Subculture Group, which owns 17 restaurants and bars, started Hospitality Helping Hands (H3) after having to lay-off 650 employees due [...]
Bloomberg: Howley’s Races To Feed Laid Off Workers
"Rodney Mayo, whose 17-location Subculture restaurant group owns Howley’s, started handing out free meals in the diner’s parking lot on Saturday, March 21, after having to lay off 650 workers [...]
Palm Beach Post: Free Meal Effort Gains Momentum
"West Palm more than doubles contribution to Restaurateur Rodney Mayo’s nonprofit to feed those laid off because of COVID-19 contagion and restaurant closings. WEST PALM BEACH -- With contributions flowing [...]
WPTV: Free Meals To Out-Of-Work Hospitality Workers
"On Saturday at Howley's Restaurant the sound of music and the smell of ribs was in the air as cars lined up stretching three blocks down the street as people [...]
Palm Beach Post: A Passionate Plea To The City
"By 4 a.m. Saturday, though, he had a plan: to turn his Howley’s restaurant at 4700 S Dixie Highway into a production line for free meals for hospitality employees, seniors and others [...]
Miami New Times: Lost Weekend – Essential Miami Bars
"Step off Collins Avenue and into Lost Weekend and you might forget you're smack in the center of South Beach. Wednesday is ladies' night, which means women score six drink [...]
Sun Sentinel: Sassafras Cooks Up Modern Southern Charm
"I’m happy Thomas has landed in a spot that seems so well-suited to his talents, a place where he can play with high-quality ingredients from local farms, waters and purveyors [...]
The Atlantic Current: DADA
"Chef Jessie Steele has been the executive chef since January 2019 and since he tires of static menus, he revamped the Dada menu to reflect locally-sourced and seasonally-expressive ingredients that [...]
The Atlantic Current: Sassafras
The Atlantic Current asked Chef John Thomas about his favorite dish at Sassafras: “It’s really hard to pick one menu item. We feature many recognizable and traditional Southern dishes, but many more [...]