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A Sourdough Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><b>Welcome back to Pizza Quest!<\/b><\/div>\n<div><b>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Garrett McPerry<\/b>\u00a0fell down the sourdough rabbit hole about eight years ago, started selling loaves at his local farmers market and, fueled by the public&#8217;s enthusiastic response, just kept drilling deeper until, two years ago, when he and his wife Lauren opened a brick and mortar bakery cafe called\u00a0<b><i>Tommy &amp; Atticus,<\/i><\/b>\u00a0where the lines are often around the block, the sandwiches sell out by 1:30, and then the pizzas fly out of the oven and are gone by 3 PM. To hear how they got that name, how he finally gave up his day job as an accountant and went all in, and everything else about their phenomenal success story, join me in this lively conversation with Garrett McPerry of\u00a0<i>Tommy &amp; Atticus.<\/i><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Also, to see the entire menu, go to their <a id=\"OWA13422896-ae8d-4171-62cd-200ff7383cfd\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommyandatticus.com\/\">website<\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0<a id=\"OWAada8c786-4570-b584-bf5b-463babb9c18f\" class=\"OWAAutoLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tommyandatticus.com\/\">https:\/\/www.tommyandatticus.com\/<\/a>\u00a0 Their journey has been a wild and crazy ride and one that will inspire you all.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How a Sourdough Obsession Turned Into a Bakery with Lines Around the Block - Garrett McPerry\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AnVTLP7q_Mc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to Pizza Quest! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Garrett McPerry\u00a0fell down the sourdough rabbit hole about eight years ago, started selling loaves at his local farmers market and, fueled by the public&#8217;s enthusiastic response, just kept drilling deeper until, two years ago, when he and his wife Lauren opened a brick and mortar bakery cafe called\u00a0Tommy &amp; Atticus,\u00a0where the lines are often around the block, the sandwiches sell out&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fornobravo.com\/pizzaquest\/tommy-atticus-in-redondo-beach-ca-a-sourdough-success-story\/\" title=\"Read More About &#8220;Tommy &#038; Atticus&#8221; in Redondo Beach, CA.  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