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      Tsatsu Gbedemah Is Building His Own Table

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      The WILLS Director of Operations on hospitality, leadership, and creating the kind of space he never saw when he entered Montreal’s restaurant industry.

      ParJ.P. Karwacki

      1 juillet 2026 · 6 min de lecture

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      Photography by Rachel Cheng / @rachelhollycheng

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      The subject line read "In need of a manager?", and with it, a 20-page PDF. Tsatsu Gbedemah had put together a full presentation of himself replete with background, philosophy, and a vision for the Mile-Ex bar-brewery WILLS, sent cold to founders Alex and Ethan Wills.

      "I remember looking across the table from Alex and Ethan when I signed the contract," he says, "and I asked very clearly: how can this work?" They gave him two answers. Curiosity and beer.

      Before Tsatsu rebuilt anything the more visible elements of the menu, staff, or beer-forward identity the bar now wears with swaggering confidence, he started with the backend, like the minutiae of a Google Drive. "If you can't do that," he says, "then you can't do the next thing."

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      Tsatsu Gbedemah Is Building His Own Table

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      The WILLS Director of Operations on hospitality, leadership, and creating the kind of space he never saw when he entered Montreal’s restaurant industry.

      ParJ.P. Karwacki

      1 juillet 2026 · 6 min de lecture

      Tsatsu Gbedemah Is Building His Own Table
      Photography by Rachel Cheng / @rachelhollycheng

      The Main est soutenu par ses lecteurs. Les abonnements sont ce qui nous permet de rester indépendants. Cinq dollars par mois — les restaurants, les guides, le bulletin hebdomadaire et que faire chaque week-end. Soutenez-nous aujourd'hui. Soutenez-nous aujourd'hui.

      The subject line read "In need of a manager?", and with it, a 20-page PDF. Tsatsu Gbedemah had put together a full presentation of himself replete with background, philosophy, and a vision for the Mile-Ex bar-brewery WILLS, sent cold to founders Alex and Ethan Wills.

      "I remember looking across the table from Alex and Ethan when I signed the contract," he says, "and I asked very clearly: how can this work?" They gave him two answers. Curiosity and beer.

      Before Tsatsu rebuilt anything the more visible elements of the menu, staff, or beer-forward identity the bar now wears with swaggering confidence, he started with the backend, like the minutiae of a Google Drive. "If you can't do that," he says, "then you can't do the next thing."

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