1998 – 2000

Todd Mussman and Ryan Turner work together at the Food Studio, former Fifth Group restaurant. Turner was a server and Muss was a sous chef.     

SPRING 2002

Muss & Turner are encouraged by friends and a few Maker’s Mark Manhattans one night to start their own restaurant. Soon after, they began their pursuit.

FEB 8, 2005

Todd and Ryan open their first restaurant together: Muss & Turner’s.

JAN 2006

M&T begins full dinner service, serving beer and wine from the ”little red bar”.

2005

Operating as a deli and gourmet retail store, M&T received rave reviews and great media recognition, but the business model with retail wasn’t working.

SEPT 2006

Ryan Hidinger becomes Chef de Cuisine.

MAR 2008

Chef Chris Hall joins Mussman and Turner to begin a winding and wild journey in what would ultimately lead to him becoming a partner in M&T and opening his dream restaurant Local Three

DEC 1, 2010

Local Three opens.

NOV 2011

Unsukay Partners receive the Georgia Restaurant Association Restaurateurs of The Year Award.

MAY 11, 2012

 Eleanor’s opens – A speakeasy named in honor of Eleanor Seale, hired as employee #2 as part of our opening team at M&T. An integral part of our success in more ways than we could possibly explain on this timeline. 

DEC 2012

Ryan Hidinger is diagnosed with stage IV gallbladder cancer and given 6 months to live.

JAN 27, 2013

TEAM HIDI is born. Along with the Atlanta restaurant community, we help raise $275k to help Ryan Hidinger fight his battle. 

MAR 2013

Inspired by the TEAM HIDI efforts and the outpouring of support for Ryan and his wife Jen we lead the charge in co- founding “The Giving Kitchen” a non profit with a mission to help Atlanta restaurant workers facing crisis.

MAY 2014

M&T is named one of Food & Wine’s Best Delis in America.

APR 2015

Unsukay Partners receive the National Restaurant Association Cornerstone Humanitarian Award for founding The Giving Kitchen.

SEPT 2015

Staplehouse, which is a for profit restaurant owned by The Giving Kitchen, opens.

JULY 5, 2017

Warhorse Investments opens.

MAY 2018

Food Network names M&T “Top Deli in Georgia”.

JUNE 2018

The Giving Kitchen celebrates five years and has served over 1,200 grants to restaurant workers in need of emergency assistance (over $1.8 million), which has directly impacted the lives of nearly 2,500 people.

MAY 2019

The Giving Kitchen honored as James Beard Foundation’s Humanitarian Of The Year. 

OCT 10, 2019

MTH Pizza opens.

DEC 1, 2020

Local Three turns 10.

NOV 19, 2022

Unsukay opens Roshambo in the Peachtree Battle Shopping Center.

July 23, 2024

Seahorse Advisors opens.

2024

Covering all 50 states and D.C., Giving Kitchen serves its 25,000th food service worker.

Feb 8, 2025

Muss & Turner’s turns 20.

Our purpose is to make people feel good and our community a better place.