Tyler MacNiven returns to his Woodside roots via a prolonged, adventurous route | News
At Woodside Arts & Lifestyle Committee’s Initial Friday on the internet discuss, Tyler MacNiven shares the story of his abnormal journey back to his roots in Woodside and his parents’ cafe, Buck’s, which he now co-owns with his brothers. MacNiven, significantly remaining, is found right here with his brothers Rowan, heart left, and Dylan, heart proper, with Tyler’s son, Aden, and the restaurant’s head chef, August Schuchman. Photo by Magali Gauthier.
For Woodside’s Tyler MacNiven, the journey dwelling has bundled a 2,000-mile wander across Japan, an “Amazing Race” and organization ventures ranging from film production to dwelling food kits. He grew up lending a hand at his parents’ restaurant, Buck’s of Woodside, the well-cherished nearby eatery. But after faculty, it looked for a time as if MacNiven’s foreseeable future would be in vacation or entertainment, or perhaps a blend of the two.
MacNiven shares his strange excursion again to the meals world, and to Woodside, in an online communicate on Feb. 5 hosted by the Woodside Arts & Society Committee, aspect of the committee’s Initial Friday collection.
MacNiven initially built headlines as a large college pupil who mounted a political-style campaign to “run” for admission to Stanford University. When it turned out that wasn’t in the playing cards, he attended the College of California, Santa Cruz. Put up-college or university, he backpacked the length of Japan, a length of 2000 miles, and established a documentary about the working experience. He afterwards made travel documentaries about Iran, Cuba, India and Mongolia.
He also appeared on — and with teammate BJ Averell received — the ninth time of the Television set clearly show “The Remarkable Race,” a actuality display that put together vacation and competition.
Back again in the Bay Region, he opened a restaurant in San Francisco and co-founded food package shipping service Solar Basket.
