Opening a Dream Restaurant Abroad Comes with a Heavy Dose of Reality

Jake and Scarlett Lindeman didn’t plan on opening a restaurant when they moved to Mexico City. The multitalented siblings (Scarlett is an accomplished writer, and Jake is a photographer) each had their own strain of research that drew them to Mexico. For Jake, that started with agave distillates and a trip to the mezcal palenques of Oaxaca. For Scarlett, it began as a teenager cooking with Mexican immigrants in U.S. kitchens, and...