America is the great melting pot. When it comes to food it is our ethnic heritage that truly makes American food the most grand of buffets when it comes to flavors and experiences. From Matzo Ball soup to heal, to Spaghetti and meatballs to sooth. From national icons including French Steak Frites and Peruvian Causa, it is the food that defines the culture.
This classic American mix is celebrated everyd by the cuisines of the world that we serve, and the ethnic backgrounds it touches. It is the cuisine of the grandmothers and grandfathers and our various homelands that we crave, yet have forgotten the recipe, lack the skill, or the lack time to prepare. These are the foods we grew up with in our own homes or the homes of our friends or neighbors.
These are the stories we were told, the memories we can taste, all done with the respect and honor in creating the soul of each dish. Come celebrate the ethnic heritages that touch all of us everyday in someway in our restaurant!
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In Mauro's career, he established himself as a quick study of a myriad of cuisines, grounding himself in their historical and technical aspects, while tapping into the soul of each. He creates menus at once authentic, yet thoughtful and fresh. He has most recently come out of the kitchens as Executive Chef of The Grand Cafe, S.F. a Classic French Brasserie, Red Star Tavern and Roast House, Portland Or. a regional American tavern. Prior to that he served as Chef de Cuisine at Scalas Bistro, with a strong Italian and country French background. Earlier in his career he served as the opening team and Executive Chef for Reed Hearons Restaurant LuLu, S.F. Italian/French Riviera food and cooked alongside Bradly Ogden in the early years of Lark Creek Inn, an American regional restaurant.
With Pando's background in his fine dining career that spans the globe, so does his personal and family background. His extensive travels through Europe and South America brought his understandings of authentic cuisine to palatable honesty. His familys background being from Argentina and Peru has landed some very authentic dishes onto their approach to a Global Kitchen.
Partnering with Mauro Pando as co-owner of Graces Table is Nancy Lindaas Pando. She brings 23 years of direct restaurant experience to the project with an additional 4 years as an instructor and Culinary Arts Department Director of Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood Washington.
Nancy's restaurant experience includes both front of the house hospitality and management to back of the house cooking and management.
While living in the Seattle area she was the opening sous chef at Six Degrees, a single unit $3.5 M operation. She was promoted to general manager to oversee staffing, hiring/firing, hospitality standards and guest satisfaction.
Nancy also elevated through the management ranks while at Europa, also in Seattle. Starting as manager of the Europa West location she was promoted to general manager of three Europa locations, generating $6M in the Seattle area with a staff size of 80 people.
Her back of the house kitchen experience is highlighted as executive chef of the Lake Union Café, Seattle. As executive chef she was responsible for ingredient ordering, food costs, kitchen staffing and labor costs, product consistency and guest satisfaction from a culinary standpoint. The $2M restaurant employed 40 people.
She also has consulted with other restaurateurs setting up and opening restaurants and restaurant expansions plus training of both front of the house and kitchen staffs. Additionally she has consulted in assessing labor and food costs plus profitability analysis of various sizes and styles of locations.
As the department head for the Culinary Arts program she facilitated program growth from $12,000 gross per year to $1.3 million over a three year period. Student count lifted from 10 to 90 during that time. Spurring that growth was her development of new programs that resonated with potential students. Spots in the pastry and bread-making programs were quickly filled with displaced and returning workers seeing this program as a viable career path.
Through relocations and raising children, Nancy has continued with her culinary work through consulting and through charitable events. She has served on the culinary team for the International Pinot Noir Celebration, McMinnville, Ore., for 12 years; Sovern Guild for Childrens Hospital, Seattle, for 15 years; and March of Dimes.
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Phone Number: (707) 226-6200
Address: 1400 Second Street
Napa, CA 94559
Cross Streets: Corner of Second and Franklin
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1400 Second Street Napa, CA 94559 (707) 226-6200