The Washington Post | In 'battle for the soul of Salem,' a Black business owner is targeted
SALEM, ORE. — Jonathan Jones named his restaurant Epilogue because it was supposed to be the end of a beginning.
Jones, 32, and his wife, Maura Ryan, 31, moved here from Wilmington, N.C., in 2014, to delve into Oregon's wine industry and to try to open their own restaurant. They started with a food truck called Prologue Pastry and in 2019 finally turned it into a brick-and-mortar establishment serving dinner and cocktails. Epilogue Kitchen & Cocktails was the fulfillment of a dream and made Jones one of few Black business owners in Oregon's capital city.