Our name pays homage to Chef Chris’ mother, Gloria, who went by the nickname Glo.

Glo was a pastry chef who put Chris to work in the kitchen as a kid. She also encouraged him to explore other cuisines and, when she saw how he loved Asian food, bought him a wok to practice what he learned in the Asian cookbooks he was studying.

“My mom’s love language was cooking meals for people and she passed that down to me,” said chef owner Chris Teigland. “Shortly after I had my first executive chef job, my mom passed away. I remember holding her hand before she passed and telling her I would be a great chef one day and make her proud. The name is a way for me to honor her, to never forget her and to thank her for allowing me to be myself and to pursue a different style of cooking than she practiced.”