In 1999, the brother and sister team of Wes and Laurie Kendrick opened a small restaurant in an office park along Warm Springs Road. Within months, thanks to Wes’ new-American cooking and Laurie’s management and charm, Wild Sage Café became one of the Valley’s hottest lunch spots. In fact, it became so popular that they decided to open a second restaurant in The Lakes neighborhood. It was the classic restaurant gamble, and it left the Kendricks overextended. The new restaurant folded, and in 2003, it took the original Wild Sage down with it.
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