Opening any business is never easy. But try opening a restaurant business as a non-native-English-speaking woman on the tail end of the COVID pandemic. Silvia Hernandez, a Mexico City native, did just that. In mid-June, with the help of Michael Graham, founder of Lost City, Hernandez led the opening of Lost City’s third location inside Avanti at 1401 Pearl Street in Boulder. “I am really excited to do this,” Hernandez says. “Lost City is like my baby, and I want to see it growing and walking.”