After
graduating from Berkeley in 2002, Jonathan Michael Stan passed up a potentially
risky, low-paying, and embarrassing career in geotechnical engineering
for the stable, low-stress world of the food service industry. During a
seminal stint at Alice Waters' renowned Berkeley restaurant, Chez Panisse,
Jon became familiar with the world of organic food and sustainable agriculture,
as well as what it's like to wait on today's mega-celebrities, such as
Boz Skaggs and Rue McClanahan. After being thrown out of one too many bars,
Jon decided that the best solution was to open his own bar. With this goal
in mind, he plans to trade in his life of long nights and hard work in
the hope of a "Laverne & Shirley"-style montage of beer-related
mischief. In the meantime, he works at The Spotted Pig, a much-lauded restaurant
in the West Village. You can reach him at john
-at- pacificstandardbrooklyn.com.
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