Fresh ingredients, a cool vibe and a Tequila Club make Cabo Fish Taco a diverse downtown Roanoke offering. "I NEVER WANTED TO BE in the restaurant business," says Gary Walker, recounting his journey into opening Cabo Fish Taco. "I kept using the restaurant business to fund school so I could get out of the restaurant business." Walker, a Virginia Beach native, started his unintentional career path into the restaurant industry TheRoanoker.com at an early age; bussing and waiting tables for his uncle, who owned a restaurant in North Carolina. Walker went on to Virginia Tech, graduating in 1994 with a finance degree and minor in history. He then decided to pursue a professional skiing career out in Colorado. This was a flop, and soon he was back at Virginia Tech for graduate school; more history with the addition of philosophy SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 101http://www.TheRoanoker.com