Breaking Bread: G Perico x Everytable Remix LA Food Culture & Hustle

A South LA story of flavor, legacy, and vision — from the booth to every table

It started, like most good things in LA, with a connection. One of Sam Polk’s closest friends and advisors happened to know G Perico’s manager. The next thing you know, the CEO of Everytable was sitting down with one of South LA’s most respected rappers, talking birria, mac & cheese, and purpose.

“I’m so excited to be partnering with such a talented, community-driven artist,” Polk says. “G’s a fire artist, born and bred in LA, and the meal he created is really about celebrating the two major cultural influences of his life — the Black and Brown communities of Los Angeles.”

That celebration came to life as G Perico’s Birria Mac & Cheese, the latest artist-led meal to drop at Everytable. It’s spicy, rich, and wildly comforting — like your abuelita and auntie joined forces in the kitchen and decided to feed the whole block. It’s also, like G Perico, rooted in LA culture and hustle.

“I grew up on tacos, carne asada — all of that. But I also grew up on soul food,” G Perico said in the meal’s official press release. “So for me, it’s always been this natural blend of both cultures. That’s just how we live out here in South LA. Everybody’s mixing it up.”

G’s inspiration wasn’t just flavor — it was legacy. Raised by a grandmother who managed local artists and believed in keeping him active and focused, his early foundation was about survival, vision, and staying out the mix. That translated into a music career, a gym, a performance space for youth, a clothing line, and now, a meal that speaks to where he’s been — and where he’s going.

“Entrepreneurship and artistry both start with an idea,” he says. “Then it’s about putting in the work, making it real, and figuring out how to get it out into the world.”

For Sam Polk, that kind of mindset is exactly why the partnership made so much sense.

“Everytable has always been about bringing people and communities together,” he explains. “Food is such a personal thing. It’s culture, it’s family, it’s identity. So when we find folks who are authentically engaged in their community and have a story to tell — that’s the kind of collaboration that resonates citywide.”

And resonate it did. Since its May release, the Birria Mac & Cheese has been a hit, praised for its flavor and authenticity. Polk sees it as part of a bigger pattern. “It was one of those perfect collaborations,” he says. “The idea was just real on so many levels. And the meal? It’s really good.”

A Bigger Table

Everytable’s origin story starts in 2016, with a single store on the corner of Hoover and 23rd in South LA. Polk, a former Wall Street trader turned food justice advocate, had one core question in mind: Can we make scratch-cooked, healthy food as affordable and available as fast food?

Fast forward to today and the answer is a clear yes — with 38 stores across Los Angeles County and beyond, including locations in Inglewood, Watts, Compton, Van Nuys, and West Hollywood. They’ve also expanded to Berkeley, which Polk says is just the beginning.

“We want to saturate California,” he says. “Bay Area, San Diego, Central California — places like Bakersfield, Modesto, Fresno, Sacramento. Then we’ll move into Arizona and Nevada, and eventually go nationwide.”

Everytable’s model also includes programs that go far beyond the storefront. They’ve entered the school food world, provide meals for seniors, and create medically tailored meals — all from scratch. It’s not just about feeding people, it’s about healing systems.

“We’re trying to serve the entire food system,” Polk says. “Wherever food plays a role — health, education, aging — we want to be there providing fresh, high-quality meals.”

Equity on the Menu

But perhaps what sets Everytable apart even more than its meals is its mission to uplift from the inside out. Through its social equity franchise model, Everytable offers employees a path to become multi-unit franchise owners.

“Most companies are built for the investors and the founders to win,” Polk says. “We’re building a model where everyone can win — especially the people who start in our stores. We’re showing that you can grow a company that’s not only profitable but deeply equitable.”

The pride in his voice is unmistakable — not just as a CEO, but as someone who’s seen what happens when communities are given both access and opportunity.

He recalls one moment early in the company’s journey — the opening of their fifth store in Compton. “We did a ton of groundwork — working with the mayor, local nonprofits, churches,” he says. “And that first day, the line wrapped around the block. That’s when I knew: this is working.”

The Remix of Food and Culture

Everytable and G Perico’s meal might be a limited-time offer, but the energy behind it — creativity, collaboration, cultural pride — is built into Everytable’s DNA.

Whether it’s celebrating LA’s dualities or giving frontline workers a stake in the company’s future, Polk’s vision remains bold and expansive. “If you make good food and come correct into a city and make it affordable, people are going to buy it,” he says.

And if you bring a real one like G Perico into the mix?

Well, now you’ve got a movement.