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Danny Azzarello and Alan Frati are the co-founders of CRACK'D Kitchen and Coffee. Both guests grew up in restaurants and learned the fundamentals from working in profitable and system-heavy chains. They met while working together and decided to open CRACK'D in 2019. Today there are 5 locations, along with retail and secondary concepts.

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Guest contact info:

Danny's email: dazzarello@crackdkitchen.com
Alan's email: alanf@crackdkitchen.com

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1290: Danny Azzarello & Alan Frati, co-founders of CRACK'D Kitchen & Coffee

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1290: Danny Azzarello & Alan Frati, co-founders of CRACK'D Kitchen & Coffee