The Green Mile Grill

Dink Dawson owns The GreenMile Grill in Detroit, a dream he nurtured while serving six and a half years at the Lakeland Correctional Facility in Coldwater, MI. Dawson was working in the kitchen at Lakeland when he met Chef Jimmy Hill who runs the Food Tech Program at the prison. After an interview with Hill, Dawson was accepted into the program and for the next six years, learned everything an aspiring chef needs to know about cooking. After being released from Lakeland, Dawson began cooking and selling food out of his apartment. Soon, he would realize a dream he had pursued during his years in prison. Over the next few years, Dawson plans to build on the momentum and expand his operation into new restaurants.