JOSH SMITH IS putting the finishing touches on his Grove neighborhood restaurant, Neon Greens (4176 Manchester), which will connect people to their food through a farm that grows the greens for the restaurant's salad offerings. But it wasn't enough to grow the food on-site; Smith developed a transport device that plucks the greens from the harvest area and delivers them to the prep area for all to see. On the surface, it seems like a divergence from his career in show biz, but for Smith, it's all storytelling. —CHERYL BAEHR
It really was a [pandemicrelated] spark. For the past 11 years, I'd worked as a set designer and art director in film and television, working on shows for Netflix, HBO, you name it. COVID-19 happened, and my boyfriend at the time and I were living in New York; when it got really bad, I
