Grill & Gist began with one borrowed grill and a lie to my landlord. Last night we sold out by 9:40.

Two years ago I told my landlord the smoke was a family barbecue. I had one borrowed grill, a cousin's cooler and ₦38,000 of beef. First night I sold eleven sticks, most of them to my own aunty. Last night we sold out in forty minutes and a stranger asked who taught me. I said, a very patient landlord. Tonight's pepper is the new one my mother mixed. Orders open at 7, first fifty get extra onions.