The Breakfast Club - INTERVIEW: Larry Morrow On Expanding New Orleans Restaurants, Caribbean Cuisine, Work-Life Balance + More

Episode Date: April 9, 2025

The Breakfast Club Sits Down With Larry Morrow To Discuss Expanding New Orleans Restaurants, Caribbean Cuisine, Work-Life Balance. Listen For More!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BreakfastClubPower1051FMSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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We got a special guest in the building, friend to the room, Larry Morrow. Welcome back, sir. Thank you. Thank you for having me. How you doing? I'm doing well, man. How's everything with you?

Everything's good, man. Just working. Just working. I gotta say thank you first because for people that don't know, I have a 21-year-old son. He plays football for University of Miami and he was down for Super Bowl and he wanted to go out. And you know, Super Bowl is very expensive. Cardi B was going to Larry's spot

and he was like, yo, I wanna go. Do you know anybody? I'm like, I might know somebody. I called Larry and Larry gets him in and Larry took care of him, had bottles for him. He was like, dad, I gotta pay. I'm like, I'm not paying for that. So Larry took care of him.

So thank you. Thank you so much. He had a great time. He was out later than me most nights. Yeah, the 21 year old energy. Yeah, Larry, a old energy. Yeah. Now Larry, a good brother, man, when I landed in New Orleans

and literally everybody and they mama was like, you gotta go to one of Larry's spots. You gotta go to one of Larry's spots. You gotta go to one of Larry's spots. And guess what? Larry opening up another spot. Another spot. Another one for Larry.

Spicy mango. Spicy mango, yep. A New Orleans Caribbean fusion. So tell us about it. So spicy mango, it's a new spot I'm opening up right there in the, it's called Frenchman Street. So Frenchman is like, it's like bourbon but more local live music versus strip clubs and bars.

It's like live music restaurants. And we were opening right at the forefront of it. So, big new concept I'm opening up, New Orleans Caribbean fusion. Giving like different vibes, you know, be like one of one in New Orleans, you know, we have Caribbean spots, but we don't have that fusion to where you can get like that,

like that Tulum vibe, you know, real upbeat, good food, you know, good vibes. One thing I noticed about your restaurants, because I've been to all of them, you treated me very nice, me and my team, very great Super Bowl weekend, is that your ambiance is always lit, it's always like you're out of town somewhere.

But I wanna know this, where's your accent? My accent? You from New Orleans? Yeah. Why you don't sound like everybody else do? A lot of people say I sound like I'm from New Orleans. A lot of people say I don't. Yeah, you don't.

But I travel a lot. So, I mean, since, you know, my early 20s, you know, 19, 20 years old, I traveled, I would come to New York. A lot of people tell me I sound like I'm from New York, but a lot of my friends are from New York. Like a lot of my good friends, so. I don't know, man. I just wanted to know. You just don't sound like one of them down.

You don't sound like one of them. Yeah. You know, this is a stupid question, because, to know, you just don't sound like one of them down. You don't sound like one of them. Yeah. You know, this is a stupid question because you know, there's 20, 30 restaurants that exist in a city at one time. Do you ever feel like you're competing against yourself? No, I think could have all different concepts and different vibes.

Like if you want like more of a New Orleans Southern cuisine, you go to Morro's. If you want Asian fusion, you go to Sun Chung. You want a steakhouse vibe, different ambiance. Morro's if you want Asian fusion, you go to Sun Chung, you want a steakhouse vibe, different ambiance. Morro's Steakhouse is amazing. Yeah, totally different vibe, you go to Morro's Steak, but if you want more brunch, outdoor type of vibe,

you go to Monday. That's my favorite one now. Mondays are totally different spot than all of them, so when people ask me which one I like the best, it's kinda hard to say because they're all different. So, it all offer different vibes. So, if they were more similar, maybe I can say which one I like the best,

but you know, it depend on what I want. Which one are you at the most? At one point I was at Monday the most because that's where the office is, but right now I'm at Spicy Mango, I'm at Morro's, because last year we bought the building and then we renovating. So, upstairs had Air Spicy Mango, I'm at Morro's, because last year we bought the building and then we're renovating. So we, upstairs had Airbnbs, gutted it,

made it a kitchen, bar, dining, private dining. So the expansion, we went from holding 85 people to holding maybe close to 200. Will you have real Jamaicans in there sucking their teeth at you when people come in right before you buy the clothes? We got a lot of people. So it's actually one of our head chefs, she's Jamaican.

So yeah, we definitely gonna have the real authentic Caribbean vibes and fusion. Now also, you do this with your mom and your grandmother. Yes. So break that down. How was working with your mom and your grandma? Because sometimes family business is not the best thing in the world. Man, working with your mother. And I love your mom and grandma, I love them to death.

They always come out the kitchen, show love, say hello, so I love them. Man, it's crazy, because working with my mom is definitely, early on she had to, like, it was, you know, we'll meet up at work and she'll still think I'm her son, but mom, me business partner, so. It was a total different experience,

because we had to learn to work with each other. We never worked with each other in that capacity. So it was challenging. It was times where we were just, it was tough for us to get along just because mom and son and partners and stuff. So it was tough and me and my grandma, I opened up that spot and I named it after her.

It was like me paying homage to just her journey, just everything she's done, coming from Korea to America and building that foundation for us to build on. It was kind of me giving her flowers while she can still smell them. So that's where Son Chung come from and I opened that up and And it's been cool.

Of course she wants things to be the way that she envisioned. And sometimes it's not really the way that you can operate a business that does as much value as we do. More like a mom and pop, yeah you can, but we're more of like- High functioning. Yeah, more of like a corporate setup now, have HR, have, you know, marketing directors, just the whole team, you know, close to 500 employees. You got some nice thuds working in Mondays too.

I wanted to say that they came out the kitchen to see me. Some good thuds. They did some nice, handsome, and pretty still, you know. That's why you like doing the Mondays all the time, Shawty. I haven't been to Mondays yet. Yo, Mondays, look. The thuds popping. They gonna come out the kitchen like, you like your food? I was like, yeah. Yo Mondays, look, studs popping. They gonna come out in the kitchen like,

you like your food? I was like, yeah. No, that's funny, that's funny. So why they don't have like stud muffins? That'd be dope. Ooh. You know what I'm saying? On the menu.

Listen, when they hear this they gonna be. Yes, I love them. First of all, the studs already love Jess. Jess is a stud magnet. You already know, I'm a stud magnet. Yeah. When you and your mom bump heads, like how do you shift it from business to personal?

Like, you bump heads, but then you still gotta go back to being your mom's son. Well, so of course it would affect personal, but it was more so when we first started to partner up because we had to figure out how to operate with each other. She wanted her way, I wanted it my way, and unfortunately you can't have it both ways sometimes. Sometimes you gotta really decide on which way we're going.

So it's just us just learning. But it did affect personal at times because if we're not talking at work, we're not talking at home. Or it may affect our personal. And it's a challenge, but you gotta be patient and you gotta just really learn how to operate with you know with family, you know in amongst of just

Operating a business now with the Super Bowl weekend everything you thought it was gonna be yeah, man Super Bowl was you know My whole thing was to just uh when I do when I produce events is not just about making money it's about showing up showing up for the no New Orleans as a a whole. And just when people come to New Orleans, like as y'all know, I like to show that Southern hospitality. So I wanted to roll it out and get it popping. So that's what I did. You know, we had Travis Scott, Cardi B, Meek, Gilly Wallow, Glowrilla, what was it, Glowrilla?

50. Lado, 50. You don't have sexy red? 50, no, not showing up because he had some happy income in town. Sexy red, Kai's Tonight, and everybody was there. It was crazy. All that different spots, oh, I saw the party.

Yeah, so I had three different venues. I own a spot called Hide and Seek, which is a club, a spot called Treyarch, which is a club, and I rented out this venue called Empire. I have some good friends of my own, Alonzo and Joey, so I did that. And the whole goal was to just really, last time we had an opportunity like this

was All Star in 2017. So when something like this happens, I feel like it's a time to not just make money, but to really just have a great time and show everybody how we do it in New Orleans. I was gonna ask, during COVID, a lot of restaurants at first did bad and then they picked back up,

but then when the world opened back up, a lot of restaurants closed. We seen it with P.F. Chang's, they had problems, and Applebee's, T.J.F. Friday's, Red Lobster even. So how is the restaurant business as far as you, and how are you sustaining? Well, it was one of those things where COVID kind of slowed everybody down.

And me coming out of COVID, I was so motivated to do something, figure it out, because I felt like it slowed everything down that I was doing. So I opened up Treehouse in 2021, Memorial Weekend, and everybody wanted to be outside. So I'm making the most of what I ever made. And so I got a taste for like I had Maros open I opened up Treehouse and I got a taste for them like I'm making this fast money I wanted

to reinvest it so a lot of spots that were calling about to to rent they you know they weren't available but at one point you know everybody started calling me and during COVID man I committed to like four locations, five locations, because I opened up, after Treehouse opened up five more locations. And it kind of really just made me level up. I was just, COVID made everybody feel like they had to do something, do more. And so now Spicy Mango, I'm finally getting to a point

where we're about to open up due to just me not really understanding the industry and how much time and money it takes. But it was a grind and I'm glad I did it. It taught me a lot. But to commit to so much and not really have a full understanding of what's all required, it's like you're really rolling a dice.

So I'm blessed to just be at this point now where we're about to open up and this is a seven location and we've been blessed to see a lot of success in the industry. What's the ultimate goal for you? Ultimate goal is, of course, is to inspire the next generation of black restaurateurs, black hospitality, because in this industry, it's not many people that look like us

that I can go to and get advice from. I have a lot of friends who I talk to, have great successful businesses, and that's been great mentors to me, but it's not many people that I can talk to. So I think definitely inspiring the next generation of black, culinary black hospitality, but also growing something that. Have you ever wondered if your pet is lying to you? Why is my cat not here and I go in and she's eating my lunch. Or if hypnotism is real? You will use this suggestion in order to enhance your cognitive control. What's inside a black hole? Black holes could be a consequence of the way that we understand the universe. Well we have

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You know, not just this generation, but the next one. You know? Somebody said to me, somebody, I forgot who I was talking to. It was like, yeah, we might connect with Moro's to franchise, and I'm like, I don't know if I want that. I'm not franchising. Yeah, yeah, I'm not franchising.

Yeah, I'm like, why would you leave New Orleans? No, well, no, so I'm not franchising, right? I got a lot of people who call about franchising, or just even companies that want to invest into What we're doing a hospitality group, but right now is like, you know, we're doubling down actually had a conversation yesterday with a good friend who? Invested into a lot of different ventures and extremely successful and he was just like man It's time to start taking you know, it's time to start raising money, right? You're doing extremely well, but imagine how big you can get if you do.

So I'm conflicted on what we're gonna do, but the goal is to become one of the largest black hospitality groups in the country, and not limited to. We just wanna be able to inspire people through what we're doing. I never knew I was gonna be in this industry, but to be in it and to do something with my moms,

to have my family involved, it's a feeling like indescribable, you know? Is Atlanta and Houston next? Houston. Hey. Houston, for sure. I think you spend the most time in Houston. Yeah, you know, I've been living in Houston

for like three and a half years, you know? I got some homies out there who've kind of been a tremendous help, like A-Life, those some guys in the industry, hospitality industry that I really admire and respect what they do, because they've done it even prior to me getting into it. I will see what they're doing.

And that's one of the people that I can say that, Junior Martin and Big J, that I was really inspired by, somebody who looked like me. Is the fool gonna taste the same though, in Houston? It is, I'm like, I'll be there, my mama be there, and it's a 45 minute flight, right? We're real, it's all about just the structure

that you have, the chefs and just the system that you have. So I'm anal about everything, man. So I'm making sure that we're on point with that. How was doing Tamron with your mom? Oh man, Tamron with my mom was, that was dope man, cause we did it what, Tuesday? We came out here for that. And it was a different experience because you,

grew up you watching these talk shows and then to be on one and they got the door that opened in the audience and you walk out and everybody just, you know, screaming and stuff. It was pretty cool. Totally different experience. When do you get rest, yo? Because you got restaurants in the day, you got all these

businesses and then at night you still do your events. Where do you even get rest? So I'm so used to it. So just say if I get in at 1, 2 a.m. or even later, I use the next day to really rest. I got to catch up on my rest because I'm really, if I get in late, I still gotta wake up early, right? I still wake up, I go to the gym, I like to follow the same regimen and I think that consistency has really helped me just,

not just in my morning routine, but in my day to day life, really helped me get to where I'm at. So I rest whenever. Whenever you can. Yeah, whenever I get in, some days I go in early and I just rest and some days I go in early and I just rest and you know some days I get in late so. But I could never like you know just get a full night's rest of course if I'm coming in late.

I still gotta get up early. To add on what Jess said you also got a child. Yes a five year old. So you got a five year old wow. Man it's amazing. Girl, boy. Girl. A girl yeah so she demands daddy's time too.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. It's crazy, it's very strange. Every day she told me, she said, daddy, you taking me and mommy on a date? She'd be looking forward to the date. So yeah, it's a full-time job, but you're just figuring it out. I don't have it all figured out.

Every day is a new day, and we just, I'm just trying to figure out how to balance it, but I make it work. Got to, and I have no other choice. That's right. I wanted to talk with your employees, how difficult it is with dealing with different personalities?

Oh man, I think that's the most difficult challenge. And when you have to let somebody go, do you do it, or does the Human Resource Department do it? Human Resources, at one point, when we were a lot smaller, I would do it, but I realized I had to remove myself from a lot of that just because I can't be the person hiring and firing. At this point, my team, they hire, and they fire as well. But it's tough dealing with a bunch

of different personalities, but I think we have a great team, I love it. It's like one big family. So it's not, I wouldn't say it's the toughest, because a lot of people who work with us, you know, I've been knowing for a long time. And, you know, even though we've known each other for a long time, we don't let that affect how we operate.

So, it's cool, man, I love it. When is Spicy Mango opening? So Spicy Mango is about 30 to 45 days out. So sometime next month in May, we'll be opening soft. Won't really do a grand opening probably into June or closer to essence. So we're going to take our time. Just to kind of ease into it.

Not really like broadcast it that we're open, but just open soft and get the kinks out just so that when we do fully open, you know, we're prepared. Yeah. You know, Larry, you always are a very, you know, you're the consummate businessman, always so professional.

What happened with you and the food reviewer? Well, I can't believe you asked me that. What happened? Well, there was a video of Larry interacting with a food reviewer, and the full reviewer tried to, well he tried to take his phone. No, he tried to take your phone. I don't remember what happened.

I don't know what happened, I just know Larry ended up throwing hands. No, no, no. Larry you throwing hands on? You throwing hands on? Damn. But nah. You know what? I'll produce this as assholes.

Now I get it. That's why they was playing the rockin' game as he was walking in. Oh, wow. Nah, nah, it honestly, man, just being a black man and successful, young, in a city where, like New Orleans, I think in any city, you just run into issues at times. You know, like, I'm outside majority,

like more than 99% of the people, and when you are, you know, things happen, you know what I mean? But, um... You need security though, Lay. Yeah. I see you floating around the city by yourself. You need a buffer. No, I have security, but you know, it's like,

I like to be alone a lot of times. That's the issue. I like to be alone a lot of times. So, uh, people don't know I'm like this introvert, extrovert to where I've been around so many people for so long that I enjoy being alone. So it's kind of like what I've morphed into over the years just because of, you know, it's so much in this industry.

But man, I just learned like, you know, just sometimes things happen and, you know, it's never no hard feelings. But you know, at the end of the day, you know, when it comes to anything that is mine, I'm definitely protected, you know it by any means. So, just sometimes unfortunate situations happen and they ain't never intentional, but it just happen. And it's interesting that you say that you've been living in Houston the last few years,

because I thought you was still living in New Orleans. No, but I'm never really there. I'm never really there just because once I committed, I moved out there during Ida, and that's when a storm hit New Orleans in 2021 The first year to everything really opened up and I thought I was gonna be able to be out there more but when when that happened When I committed to all these restaurants like I couldn't go to Houston and spend all the time I wanted out there because I didn't know that it was gonna require all this time and energy and

So, you know, I ended up just keeping it just so I won't know that it was gonna require all this time and energy. And so I ended up just keeping it just so I won't get so comfortable in New Orleans and decide not to take that next step. Cause I'm really looking forward to that next step and that next chapter to where we expand. And I think I've done a great job of just doing what we're doing in New Orleans, but now it's time to just really spread those wings.

All right, well we appreciate you for joining us if you're in New Orleans. Hold on one thing, because people in the comments were saying that you needed to get out of New Orleans because the hate is so real for successful people. Do you feel that way? Man, yeah, and my OG told me he had a conversation yesterday, right, Kanan, right, and he was just saying

that like, you know, being a black man ain't easy, man. Just no matter where you are, just being successful in black, wherever you are, is different because, like I had a conversation with a friend of mine as well, he looked different than me, successful, extremely wealthy, and I explained to him, I said, you don't have the same problems that I have, and I may not have the same problems you have,

but being black and successful in any city, especially a smaller city where it's not, it's as big as in New York, right? I mean you can sometimes be a target or just stand out. So it's tough, but that's just what come with it. It's not something, it made me realize that years and years ago I used to, I become more protective about what's mine and not so open about everything. So because you start to just realize that, man, it just ain't the best just for everybody

to know everything about what you got going on, what's happening. I'm already outside a lot, you know what I mean? Just because I got my businesses and stuff. So it's tough, but it is what it is. It come with it. Somebody gotta do it. Somebody gotta do it.

Right. All right, well, if you're in New Orleans, definitely check out, tell them to it. Somebody gotta do it. Somebody gotta do it. Right. All right. Well, if you're in New Orleans, definitely check out Tell Them the Line Up or all the rest of ours. So come to New Orleans, check out Morrow's, Monday, Sun Chung, Morrow's Steak, Spicy Mango is opening up in about 30 or 45 days at New Orleans Caribbean Fusion. And of course, you gotta come to Treehouse. Treehouse, yeah.

You gotta come to Treehouse. You gotta come to Hide and Seek. So far, seven locations. We'll maybe open up more soon, just really depend on, just really depend on a few different things, but yeah, definitely plan on moving to Houston. I love Morose steak, man. What Jeff said is true, because it got the ambiance,

but then it got just the dope ass summer food, like Larry set me and my wife up, because it was our anniversary that weekend, we had a ball. Thank you very much, my brother. I appreciate y'all, thank y'all. If you want nightlife, that's one of the safest places to go to.

You check out Treehouse on Mondays. Like you said, you never know who's in there. I'd have been in the times where Nas was in the back cut in corner chilling. I'd have been in the time where Fab was in there, Cardio, it doesn't matter, but appreciate you for joining us, bro. I appreciate y'all, thank y'all.

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