Despite a major lack of experience in the restaurant industry, I designed and opened Alpine Modern Cafe in 2014. Learning how to run a successful restaurant was a long and humbling road, and we were lucky to see major interest from the get go, though the road was a bit rocky at first. In 2018, Jon Baker took over the operations, righted the ship, and became our managing partner.

There were a number of incredibly talented individuals that helped us in the founding of Alpine Modern Cafe including Colin Kirby, Alex Baum, Brady Burke, Brian Pemberton, Jamie Kripke, Jonny Black, Richard Roche, Jeff Hall, Jeff Roberts, Sarah Parsons, and of course, Lauren McGowan.