Kickstartin'

Is Kickstarter the future of restaurant financing? Several Portland restaurants have gone the crowd-sourced funding route, and Eater National takes a look at the Kickstarter campaign of Minnesota's Travail Kitchen — which has, as of posting, raised $183,022 since its drive went live on Tuesday. Says Bizarre Foods host Andrew Zimmern, Kickstarter may represent "a sea change in terms of how local restaurants get funded." [-EN-]