The Alexia Fall Workshop

Thursday, Oct. 22-Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026

As The Apple Kitchen opens on Saturday for lunch, Pat Gilmore, the owner and his staff make sandwiches and ladle out the soup he prepared the day before. Photo by Guanxin Amy Luo.

As The Apple Kitchen opens on Saturday for lunch, Pat Gilmore, the owner and his staff make sandwiches and ladle out the soup he prepared the day before. Photo by Guanxin Amy Luo.

Calm Before the Crowd

By Guanxin Amy Luo

Published

Before the doors open, Patrick Gilmore slices and dices squash, mushrooms, onions and bacon for the weekend’s soups in the quiet kitchen of The Shoppes at Johnny Appleseed. Like Johnny Appleseed, the building’s namesake, Patrick and his wife, Erica, planted something in an empty space — a home that now sustains more than 65 local vendors.

Story Credits

Amy Luo

Guanxin Amy
Luo

    Coached by

    Eric
    Lee