Secret ingredient: a pinch of love from Brendan Sullivan on Vimeo.

After 22 years, Dixie Quicks Public House in Council Bluffs, Iowa closed its doors in January. Owner Rob Gilmer decided to close the restaurant and the RNG Gallery after his husband, René Orduña, died in November 2016, two months after being diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer.

Watch as Gilmer and longtime friends and customers describe Orduña’s impact and the legacy he left.