He opened his first restaurant, Abacus,
and it won acclaim immediately. Jasper’s, a more casual and culinarily less
edgy eatery followed in 2003. The latter
now has branches in Plano, The Woodlands, Austin and Richardson. He had a
comfort food concept, Rathbun’s Blue
Plate Kitchen, in Preston Center but shuttered it after five years. More recently, he
opened Hickory, a barbecue and burger
concept in Plano.
He and brother Kevin (based out of Atlanta) got national attention in 2008,