Lane Harlan opened her bar, W.C. Harlan, on an unassuming Remington corner in 2013, bucking convention with the confidence that people would flock to something different. It worked. Despite lacking a sign on the door, a website and a residence on a busy street, the bar drew patrons with its speakeasy-inspired interiors and craft cocktails. Lane followed W.C. Harlan with a Mexican-inspired restaurant, Clavel, that she opened down the street from the bar last year. On this episode of Female Trouble, a podcast spotlighting women in Baltimore, Lane talks to Quinn about how her corporate restaurant experience taught her what she didn't want to do, what authenticity means to her, and how she went from "busboy" to business owner.
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