Chef Dave Heide in Madison, Wisconsin, closed his long-running restaurant, Liliana's Restaurant. He renamed it to Ollie's Madison in honor of his recently transitioned son, Ollie. Part of the reboot is due to the changes COVID brought to the restaurant business. But the main reason is Ollie: “My kiddo doesn’t go by the name that’s on the restaurant anymore,” Heide told the Wisonsin State Journal. “They don’t use that name. They go by a different name. As a dad who loves their kid, to have their deadname on my shirt every day when I come home and their deadname on their restaurant … that’s part of it.”

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