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Valentine's Day 2012
Special runs until February 10th
meet our chefs
Mike Fingas chef, co-owner
I first got into cooking as a part time job to help pay for university. Although being a chef wasn't my first choice for a career, I quickly realized that I had a strong passion for food. I grew up enjoying great food my family prepared, and I'm sure it helped me develop my pallet. There is nothing I like more than cooking with fresh local ingredients and being able to enjoy it with a nice bottle of wine and friends.
Cooking is no doubt a stressful job, but there are many perks that go along with it. One of my favorites is the abundance of girls," where there's a restaurant there's got to be servers"! I've met a lot of great friends along the way and shared a lot of great meals as well. To this day I still work and cook with some of the people I started cooking with since I started my career. They have all had an impact on my style of cooking as well as my life. I hope to have them around for many years to come!
- Nick name: I've had many nick names along the way but my last name seems to stick "Fingas"
- Biggest pet peeve: scrubbing burnt pots
- Favorite movie: What about Bob!
- My biggest guilty pleasure: salty snacks of any kind
- My biggest culinary influences: My parents and grandparents, as well as my mentor and biggest critic Louis Hamel!
Sarah Radloff chef, co-owner
was very lucky in my cooking career in that I worked for great restaurants that later led to great hotels. I traveled around the world, lived in other countries and learned different cuisine. My interest has always been in culture and food is a huge part of that. Learning how to make different foods, with different tastes is exciting.
Being a chef is a never ending learning path. There is always something new to learn or a new way to do an old favorite. I would never do anything else with my life except what I am doing. The passion, the craziness, the stress, the fun, makes you young at heart and I would recommend this career to anyone who can take a little pressure.
- Nickname: was always my last name Radloff
- My biggest guilty pleasure: I love ham and cheese croissants from cobs
- Favorite Movie: Last of the Mohicans
- My biggest Pet Peeve: where do I start???
- Favorite Bands: I love tom petty, tragically hip and live
- Biggest culinary influence: My culinary teacher was a big one and well the first my business partner Cam has played a huge roll in my life and above all else Anthony Bourdain.
- Favorite Restaurant: Hardware Grill
- Favorite Shows: I love alias, sopranos and sex and the city