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Introducing Chris Edgar! One of Aventura’s hustlin’ Front of House Managers! . . Chris joined our team about 5 months ago all the way from Florida! He was nominated for our July Employee Spotlight by Aventura’s GM: "Chris deserves the spotlight for his never-ending enthusiasm, positivity and passion that he brings to work every single day. We have a joke at work that there's no way that somebody is this great ALL the time, but he truly is. He's thoughtful, intentional, and cares deeply about his staff and his coworkers. We're thankful everyday that he found us all the way from Florida!" – Way to go Chris!!! . . Per usual, we asked Chris a series of questions to let you all learn more about him: . Favorite thing about working at Aventura: “The people!!!” . If you could have dinner with one person (living or dead) who would it be and why: “My grandfather because I miss him” . What's your spirit animal and why: “A bear because I’m lazy and sleep too much” – Pssshh: you are definitely not lazy at work! . Interesting fact: “I was bitten by a tiger!” – What?! We need more detail on this ASAP 🐯 . . Hope you enjoyed learning about Chris – make sure to say ‘hello’ to him next time you see him running around Aventura 😊 . . . . #SavCoFamily #AventuraFamily #SavCoTeam #AventuraTeam #Manager #FOHManager #EmployeeSpotlight #Tapas #Paella #AnnArbor #AnnArborEats #VisitAnnArbor #PureAnnArbor #Aventura #AventuraAnnArbor #PoweredbySavCo Say Hello to Gabby! One of Aventura’s shining stars 🌟 . . She’s been food running since March 2017. Gabby loves working at Aventura and says that they are all one big familia 💕 . . Gabby was nominated for this Employee Spotlight by her managers: "Gabby deserves to be recognized not only for her work ethic and dedication to her position at Aventura, but for the amount of light and positivity that she emits whenever she's in the building. She goes above and beyond to welcome new team members and truly demonstrates our SavCo core value: 'Hospitality in everything we do'. We're proud to have her on our team." . . Fun fact about Gabby... she’s into woodworking! She even built herself a bed that has storage underneath and fits ANY size mattress for only $100 – so brilliant! Gabby is also a Junior at The University of Michigan studying sociology, however, her long term goal is to become a dentist 😁 . . Per usual, we asked Gabby what her spirit animal is and her response was… “when I'm working I definitely relate to the little Energizer bunny because I’m nonstop energy and movement until my shift is over.” We definitely agree with that ha! . . Make sure to say “Hi!” to Gabby next time you see her running food around Aventura… if you can catch her that is 😉 . . #SavCoFamily #AventuraFamily #FoodRunner #EmployeeSpotlight #Tapas #Paella #AnnArbor #AnnArborEats #VisitAnnArbor #PureAnnArbor #Aventura #AventuraAnnArbor #PoweredbySavCo Meet Sohara! Boss lady Kitchen Manager at Sava’s 💪🎉 . . In the past 1.5 years since she’s been part of our team, Sohara’s favorite thing about working at Sava’s is making delicious food – YUM! . . When Sohara isn’t managing the front line to make sure all your tasty salads, small plates, burgers, and main dishes come out perfectly, she enjoys hanging out with her coworkers at happy hour! 🍻 . . Though you likely won’t see her often because she’s back in the kitchen, you can secretly thank her for managing our fabulous kitchen staff that makes all of our amazing food! . . . . . #SavCoFamily #SavasFamily #EmployeeSpotlight #KitchenManager #AnnArbor #AnnArborEats #VisitAnnArbor #PureAnnArbor #Savas #SavasRestaurant #SavasAnnArbor #PoweredbySavCo We are so proud to announce the launch of our brand new (and beautiful, if we may add) SavCo Hospitality website! 🎉🎉 . . After many meetings and countless design hours (from the amazing @crumbz87), we feel that this new site more accurately represents who we are today! 😊 . . Be sure to poke around the website – you may even see some familiar faces! . . . . . #NewWebsite #WebDesign #AnnArbor #RestaurantGroup #HospitalityGroup #SavCoHospitality #PoweredBySavCo ⠀ @tavolina_catering's Paella Station was a huge hit at Grillin' for Food Gatherers this past Sunday!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ We're so grateful that we could bring this fantastic meal to the guests and help fight hunger where we live🥕🥦🍅⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #FoodGatherers #FoodGatherersAnnArbor #FoodGatherersGrillin #AnnArbor #PureMichigan #TavolinaCatering #SavCoHospitality #PoweredBySavCo In April 2018, @savas_ann_arbor hosted The Fair Food Network along with local Flint food entrepreneurs of businesses Sweet Peaces Veggie Bistro, MaMang, and The Poke Bowl.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ During this all-day event, Flint entrepreneurs got a crash course on growing a successful food business with a focus on what it takes to make it in the catering and restaurant industry. Highlights included a kitchen tour, business planning session, and, of course, a delicious meal!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ We are so thrilled to be able to support @fairfoodnetwork with their mission to increase access to healthy food for families who need it most, while creating opportunities for American farmers and stimulating local economies like our neighbors in Flint.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #HelpingOthers #Entrepreneurs #FairFoodNetwork #SavCoHospitality #PowderedBySavCo Say hello to our NEW Executive Chef, Josh Cross (pictured here with our fabulous Founder & CEO, Sava Farah)!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ Josh joined the team back in April all the way from San Antonio, Texas and has been kicking butt ever since! His favorite thing about Sava's so far is the staff–he says it's an amazing collection of people and that he's learning a lot from them ❤️⠀ .⠀ .⠀ A random fact about Josh... he's a big audiophile and has a few thousand titles on vinyl (we're impressed 🤩). Clearly, he loves music! We expect Grateful Dead to be playing it the kitchen soon. ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ Lastly, Josh says his spirit animal is a donkey! Why? Well, he says they both work hard, are built in a square shape, and are funnier than most other animals. We got a "kick" out of this one 😂⠀ .⠀ .⠀ Make sure to say HI to Josh and welcome him to Sava's and Ann Arbor next time you see him around!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #SavasFamily #SavCoFamily #EmployeeSpotlight #Busser #FoodRunner #Host #EatingForTheInsta #ChefMode #AnnArbor #AnnArborEats #VisitAnnArbor #PureAnnArbor #Savas #SavasAnnArbor #PoweredBySavco This week at @savas_ann_arbor, we hosted students from the Center for Positive Organizations in the Ross School of Business Magnify Program.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ The students studied how we create the employee experience here at @savco_hospitality from orientation through training. All-in-all, they spent some time with us over a 3 day period observing and interviewing our employees to learn and listen about our employee experience. At the end of the week, they led a Q&A and then presented their observations and insights.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ We had so much fun welcoming this cool crew and are so grateful for this experience!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #UniversityofMichigan #RossSchoolOfBusiness #MagnifyProgram #Community #SavCoHospitality #PoweredBySavCo Meet Issam! Paella Specialist Extraordinaire at Aventura for the past four years.⠀ .⠀ .⠀ Issam's favorite thing about Aventura is the teamwork and we couldn't agree more (#teamworkmakesthedreamwork). He's even pictured here with his bud, Chef Raúl!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ Interesting fact about Issam? He says has magic hands–especially in the kitchen. You can definitely thank him for all the delicious paella that you've surely enjoyed for the past several years 🥘🎉 ⠀ .⠀ .⠀ Lastly, as for his spirit animal, Issam chose a dog because he grew up with dogs and loves them 🐶❤️⠀ .⠀ .⠀ Make sure to say hi to Issam and thank him for tasty paella next time you're at Aventura!⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #SavCoFamily #AventuraFamily #EmployeeSpotlight #Tapas #Bartender #Server #AnnArbor #AnnArborEats #VisitAnnArbor #PureAnnArbor #Aventura #AventuraAnnArbor #PoweredbySavCo This past Spring, the @aventura_ann_arbor team hosted 7th and 8th graders from Scarlett Middle School on their Spanish class year end field trip! 🏫🎒🚌⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ The middler schoolers and chaperones learned about Aventura, Spain, and Tapas from Chef Raúl then got to enjoy an unforgettable tapas feast! 😋🎉⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ .⠀ #MediterraneanDiet #Tapas #ChefMode #AnnArbor #AnnArborEats #VisitAnnArbor #PureAnnArbor #Aventura #AventuraAnnArbor #Community #PoweredbySavCo