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Margarita Kallas-Lee and Phillip Frankland Lee Set Their Sights on Three Michelin Stars

The Scratch Restaurants co-owners already run over 30 restaurants across the U.S., and now they're preparing to debut an inn and fine-dining establishment on a Texas farm.

Margarita Kallas-Lee and Phillip Frankland Lee now run more than 30 restaurants nationwide, including 14 Sushi by Scratch locations and 15 NADC Burger locations. In 2026, the husband-and-wife team opened Big Slick, a boutique steakhouse; Shokunin, a sushi bar; and Frank and Margie’s, an Italian-American neighborhood restaurant, in addition to expanding the number of Sushi by Scratch and NADC Burger outlets. Scratch Restaurants is a dependable A-list favorite, with guests including Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brad Falchuk, Leonardo DiCaprio and Joe Rogan.

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The co-owners project at least 25 percent revenue growth in 2026. Over the next year, Kallas-Lee and........

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