Theo Wiliams, left, host of “America’s Top Restaurants,” chats Thursday with Matt and Lynn Brennick, the owners of My Dad’s Place in North Jay before the restaurant opened for filming. The Brennicks, who have run the business for 19 years, transitioned it from a convenience store to a full-service restaurant during the COVID-19 pandemic. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal Videographer Jon Van Dyke, left, gives instructions Thursday to chef Mad Noll, center, and “America’s Best Restaurants” host, Theo Williams, in the kitchen of My Dad’s Place, a bar and grill in North Jay.
Originally a convenience store, Matt and Lynn Brennick turned My Dad’s Place into a restaurant in 2020, improving menu items with more scratch-made recipes. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal Matt and Lynn Brennick, the owners of My Dad’s Place in North Jay, hold open the doors Thursday morning for a sold-out crowd of enthusiastic diners during a lunch seating to be filmed by “America’s Best Restaurants,” which is a national media and marketing company focusing on bringing attention to local, independently owned restaurants. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal Videographer Jon Van Dyke styles a tableful of food Thursday at My Dad’s Place in North Jay for a segment on “America’s Best Restaurant,” which is a national media and marketing company focusing on bringing attention to local, independently owned restaurants.
Andree Kehn/Sun Journal Mackenzie Golder, left, and Kyra Corriveau peer into the kitchen Thur.
