Skye McDaniel is an Oak Cliff native who has cooked at some of the neighborhood’s favorite restaurants, including Boulevardier and Bolsa, and has worked throughout Dallas’ culinary culture for over twenty years.

While maintaining restaurant jobs, in 2014, she started a weekly Sunday supper potluck in her backyard, where at times upwards of 50 people would show up for connection, conversation, and good food. She prepared the main dish; guests set the easygoing scene with everything else. It was an open-door invitation where everyone had a seat at the proverbial table. That deep-seated root in her community and heritage has taken her to this point—opening her own concept space that serves house-prepared, seasonally fresh food at La Bodega, inspired by her Italian heritage and travels through the Mediterranean.