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Cincinnati Magazine
March 3, 2021
If you had looked at them a year ago, it would have seemed that culinary sister act Caitlin Steininger and Kelly Trush had concocted the perfect recipe for a local restaurant success story. Their thriving Wyoming eateries, CWC and Station Family + BBQ, were local staples, built on a foundation of community support and open-door hospitality. But along came the pandemic and, with it, uncertainty.
Photograph courtesy of Station Family + BBQ
“In the summer, we felt really hopeful,” Trush says. “We still feel very hopeful. But it felt manageable in terms of
We’re going to do this. We’re going to be all right.” And for a while, they did manage. But the challenges were quickly mounting. For CWC, part of the issue came down to a simple lack of space.