Dinner Rush is streetwear, stories, and talk radio for the creatives, fuck-ups, and mistakers.

Dinner Rush is me. It’s my parents. It’s their legacy. It’s Cleveland. hardworking, raw, and loud. And you can be that too. This brand was never meant to be polished or watered down. It was never about playing by the rules or chasing what’s popular. It comes from everything that made me who I am. skate culture, early 2000s hip-hop, metal, streetwear, and kitchen life. It’s about the things I believe in, SHIT I’d actually wear. It’s an extension of myself.

I grew up in East Cleveland, moving from place to place, always feeling like I didn’t belong. Hip-hop, skate culture, radio, street art, and a unknown love of cooking became my foundation. From flipping through Eastbay and CCS catalogs to listening to Kanye, overhearing shock jocks on the way to school, and Cleveland’s underground art scene, I pieced together an identity that didn’t follow anyone else’s rules. pretty cringe i know. I’ve fought my own battles along the way, including finding sobriety. a choice that’s given me the clarity and strength to build this brand my way.

I started this originally with a vague idea about a brand that would focus on mental health in the restaurant and bar industry. Lofty goal, sure. I took a step back after a while because I didn’t like where things were headed. I got caught up in trying to make it something it wasn’t, leaning too hard into ideas of mental health and support in a way that felt forced. I care about those things. I always have. My mother raised me to believe in service, in helping those who need it, and that will always be part of what I do. But I can’t be fraudulent. I can’t NOT be me. Inauthenticity i think causes shit like cancer and a lot of you have some tumors growing.

I’ve seen too many people and businesses use mental health and community as a marketing angle, exploiting people who just want a place to belong. That’s not me. When I got sober, I didn’t have some perfect roadmap for where I was headed, and honestly, I still don’t. I struggle every day with my own demons, with sobriety, with the weight of life. I’m not some spokesperson for mental health, and I don’t want to send the wrong message.

What I do want is to make something honest. I make streetwear. I create and design. i love talk radio. classic talk radio. I make mistakes. I speak my mind whether people like it or not. you should too.

Dinner Rush is personal. It’s for my dad, one of Cleveland’s best chefs. for my mother, who was a server not just in restaurants but for others in homeless shelters and on the streets. It’s for my late friend, Chef Kellen Smith. and It’s for my son, who reminds me every day what being creative and curious means.

I believe in using the little time we’ve got to create, destroy, and create again. Drown out the noise. Stop looking for permission. Do your thing.