FLAT ROCK - When Blue Ruby Bistro and Bakery owner Jesse Roque was in college in Boca Raton, Florida, waiting tables at a busy restaurant, she asked one of the chefs if she could work in the kitchen.

If you were to ask Ruby Presnell how her band is doing, you’dneed to be specific. She has two of them: Ruby and the Red Hots,appealing to the blues and funk faithful, and Ruby Blue, whichattracts ...