While deciding whether to open a restaurant here, Guyanese-American Winnick Paton received a lot of discouragement.
“…A lot of persons tried to dissuade us. But at the back of my mind I kept hearing my mother saying, ‘follow your gut’. We have a restaurant in the US also and had we listened to people, it would not be up and running today,” Paton told Sunday Stabroek in an interview as he continued to prepare for the opening of the Heliconia Restaurant and Lounge.
The restaurant and lounge, named after his mother’s favourite flower, is slated to open its doors on July 31. It is located on the ground floor of the Emerge Building at Camp and Robb streets, Georgetown, where Paton hopes to win over patrons from all walks of life with both local and international cuisine and drinks.