Cerro Gordo

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It’s all about how you recover, and tonight was a testament to how strongly our staff recovered coming off a more challenging evening last night. Whereas Tuesday was all about learning and problem solving, Wednesday was reassuringly smooth and still a big night.

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SG’s: John McDaniel, wine director of Accanto. Mark Lindsay, sales rep for Jose Pastor Wine Selections. Mike Kriessel, our Cream Spirits and Wine rep, dining with South American wine importer / exporter. Saul and Brenda. Marchelo D, somm at Swift and Sons. Carlos Saba, owner of Marca Negra Mezcal. Stacey Dixon and friends.

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Mood Scale: Felipe had two different tables ask him to describe their dishes in Spanish: table 76 party of 3 on the first turn and Carlos Saba of Marca Negra at the bar on the second turn. Being bilingual as well as having a large and creative vocabulary were 2 skills that moved the needle on our guests mood scale.

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Shout out: Lynnea (and the entire team) delivered a top notch Lena experience for Phil Vettel and his friends on Tuesday night – so much so that Phil personally thanked her and said she did an awesome job. That was visit number 3!

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MVP: Jeff for his great class on “back pocket recommendation” mezcals – they were all very interesting to learn about and looking forward to having fun talking about some of these with guests.

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