1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: It's a fabh at least number one hit music station. 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: How are you this morning? 3 00:00:07,160 --> 00:00:08,600 Speaker 2: Hopefully you're doing all right. 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 1: If you're going through a challenging moment right now, this 5 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:18,320 Speaker 1: too shall pass right. You may look back prep challenging moments, 6 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:23,239 Speaker 1: the pandemic challenging all for everybody. And when this guy 7 00:00:23,280 --> 00:00:25,600 Speaker 1: I'm about to introduce you to lost his job as 8 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: a manager at a nightclub, he's bummed. 9 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, when you think about it, all the nightclubs shut 10 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,480 Speaker 3: down and you're just like, what is going to happen? 11 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:36,480 Speaker 3: When will they open up again? What happens to my life? 12 00:00:36,760 --> 00:00:38,479 Speaker 1: But it's a story of a happy ending because he 13 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 1: now has like the best in Banada spot on yelp. 14 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:45,040 Speaker 2: So that's the full story. 15 00:00:45,120 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, but Ryan Lopez I Monrovia, he lost his job, 16 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 1: started to follow his love and now he's getting these 17 00:00:53,080 --> 00:00:55,600 Speaker 1: huge ratings and he's actually got a story selling and Banada. 18 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 1: It's Ryan, good morning. Thank you for being our hometown hustler. 19 00:00:58,520 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: How are you, good morning? Ryan? 20 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 4: Thank you so much for having me on. 21 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: So this is what's fascinating to me. You lose your 22 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:09,759 Speaker 1: job and then you end up now doing something quite 23 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 1: even better than you were doing and it's yours, it's 24 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 1: your baby. How was it that you What was that 25 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 1: like the day that you lost your job? 26 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:18,200 Speaker 2: What'd you feel? 27 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 4: You know? It was, uh, you know, just life altering 28 00:01:22,720 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 4: really because it was so unsearchain of what was going 29 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 4: to happen. And it wasn't just me, it was literally 30 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,320 Speaker 4: everyone in the world. So it was kind of I mean, 31 00:01:32,319 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 4: it was very scary for everyone and everyone involved. And 32 00:01:34,920 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 4: the only way, you know, to kind of keep myself 33 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 4: occupied was keep a mind busy and be creative and 34 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,760 Speaker 4: then created Lord and Banada. 35 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 1: So you started making the banadas out of your family's kitchen. 36 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:50,600 Speaker 4: Correct, Yeah, so I developed I created a couple of 37 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 4: recipes on top of my grandmother's deep recipe and was 38 00:01:54,880 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 4: just utalizing their kitchen and then started calling all their 39 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 4: local breweries to be to see if I was cook 40 00:02:01,920 --> 00:02:04,040 Speaker 4: in front of their shop and sell them. 41 00:02:05,200 --> 00:02:07,639 Speaker 1: And now listening, he's got a brick and mortar spot. 42 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: It's called Lord in Bananda, Myrtle and Pomona, just off 43 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:14,400 Speaker 1: the two ten in Monrovia. And what do people love? 44 00:02:14,400 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 1: Because I see you're on Yelps twenty twenty three Top 45 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:21,519 Speaker 1: places to eat in the US. 46 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 4: Yeah, it was that was completely taking my surprise. We 47 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 4: had no idea where even in that until the day 48 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:32,640 Speaker 4: of when it was announced. And we're just feel so 49 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:37,239 Speaker 4: blessed by our community Monrovia, all our supporters, everyone was 50 00:02:37,400 --> 00:02:39,639 Speaker 4: collaborated from one of the other small businesses since we 51 00:02:39,720 --> 00:02:42,679 Speaker 4: first started to help us get to this point. It's 52 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:46,239 Speaker 4: just it's truly just overwhelming. 53 00:02:47,040 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 2: It's a great story. 54 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 1: Ryan Lopez Lord and Banana, lost his job, turned it 55 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 1: around eighteen months ago, started the small business. Now he's 56 00:02:53,919 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 1: got his own shop selling the impanadas. Were you really, 57 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,640 Speaker 1: at any point really scared to do this because it 58 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: was so unknown? 59 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 2: Oh? 60 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 4: Absolutely. You know, when you're starting your own business, you 61 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 4: have to give it a y'all, or you'll it'll never 62 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 4: be at the point of where you want to get 63 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:15,720 Speaker 4: it too, and you know, financially the major risks. But 64 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 4: once you bet on yourself and you have the confidence 65 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:23,640 Speaker 4: to be able to believe you, you can accomplish anything. 66 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,880 Speaker 4: And if anything, I'm a true story of if anyone 67 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:30,440 Speaker 4: can do it, then you can do it too. 68 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 3: Love that. 69 00:03:31,680 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: Thanks for coming on so nice to meet you. Hometown 70 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: Us and Ryan Lopez. Check them out at Lord and Panada, 71 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: La on Instagram. 72 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 4: Takeod care brother, Thank you so much, brother, have a 73 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 4: good day, all. 74 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:41,680 Speaker 2: Right, bye bye? 75 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 4: All right. 76 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:45,520 Speaker 2: How cool that he was making him and is in 77 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:46,400 Speaker 2: his parents' kitchen. 78 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, and I'd love to make the list. Yeah, and 79 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:53,480 Speaker 3: lovely have like twenty different flavors and bananas. Because I've 80 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:56,880 Speaker 3: only kind of messured with. We only kind of do like, 81 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 3: you know, beef, chicken, spinach and cheese, ham and cheese, 82 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:03,120 Speaker 3: you know, but he's got pizza and all these different 83 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 3: other types of flavors that you can choose from. 84 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 1: So so I have this weakness of alpastore anything you 85 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: and Michael anything like even I've even I've had I've 86 00:04:11,520 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: had meat. 87 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:13,480 Speaker 2: I've also had like pineapple a po store. 88 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 3: Uh huh, well, yeah, that goes well with any that flavor. 89 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 2: It's if I see it on it, it's Michael the same. 90 00:04:20,160 --> 00:04:20,680 Speaker 2: I seen it on many. 91 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:23,080 Speaker 3: I can't yep, it's I and I to order him. 92 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 3: If there's Outbustore and he's not with me, I can 93 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 3: just order him out bust or whatever. 94 00:04:25,960 --> 00:04:28,080 Speaker 2: And it's so I just have you have you seen 95 00:04:28,080 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: al pastore in the way it's made on. 96 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,640 Speaker 3: The spit No, I know I was talking about. 97 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 2: And I want to. I just have this dream of 98 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:35,799 Speaker 2: like being able to shave it off myself. 99 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:36,200 Speaker 1: Sometimes. 100 00:04:36,920 --> 00:04:40,680 Speaker 3: I'm sure if you asked, they would like, haven't you 101 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 3: done that? I feel like I've seen vide view shaving 102 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,359 Speaker 3: Alpa store meat. 103 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:47,200 Speaker 4: Have I not? 104 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 2: You've probably dreamed it, Like, maybe you're wanting it. 105 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,919 Speaker 3: He comes in, you want No, I don't know this. 106 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 2: I feel like I've seen before you see me shaving meats? 107 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 1: Yeah? 108 00:04:57,360 --> 00:04:57,840 Speaker 3: Have I not? 109 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:01,800 Speaker 2: Well, I don't know. Let's leave this to be up 110 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 2: to the imagination. 111 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 1: All right, guys coming back here with tickets to the 112 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:09,839 Speaker 1: happiest place on Earth.