Celeste and Lorena Jaime aren’t just continuing a legacy, they’re evolving it. Working alongside their family (Lorena focuses on the financial side, while Celeste leads the people side), these twin sisters are turning CT Restaurant Group’s five neighborhood restaurants, including the Town at Trilith location, into platforms for impact. From mentoring aspiring Latin American restaurateurs to launching initiatives to support families across Atlanta, they’re expanding what a restaurant can stand for today.
How are you carrying forward your father’s legacy while shaping your own?
We’ve learned to improve our work practices and implement systems that make the entire business more efficient. Our dad has always been known for helping others by giving people in the restaurant opportunities, and now we’re excited to honor him by giving back to the community as a whole through our work.
What inspires your community initiatives?
We did a food drive for the homeless and saw the need and reaction to our efforts firsthand. That’s what made us want to keep these efforts going. We then started the Tacos and Stockings toy drive during the holidays and the Tacos and Backpacks drive to help kids gather materials for the new school year. We saw that so many children in our community were underserved, and we’ve been working hard to change that.
What are your favorite things to explore while you’re at Trilith?
Trilith feels like its own little community. We love walking around, grabbing a coffee, exploring the shops and just enjoying the little town. We really enjoy seeing how much the area continues to grow. Every time we’re there, it seems like there is something new to discover, like the library shop which makes visiting our Trilith location feel different from visiting our other restaurants.
What is special about this CT location?
While all of our menus are consistent and we make fresh tortillas and chips at all of our restaurants, the decor is unique to each area. Accented with shades of gold and red, CT Cantina & Taqueria Trilith has such a unique Old Hollywood vibe, which was created especially for this location, because it’s adjacent to Trilith Studios.
