The Who’s Who

  • The Renegade

    Josh is a chef, operator, and restaurant development partner with 16 years of experience across back-of-house leadership, front-of-house operations, concept development, and high-volume hospitality. He has opened more than 17 brick-and-mortar restaurants across the country, including concepts recognized by Forbes and Michelin, and now co-owns and operates 10 Hall & Worth concepts across Empower Field and Coors Field. With experience spanning New England, New York, Las Vegas, and Colorado, Josh brings a rare hands-on understanding of how restaurants are built, staffed, operated, and sustained. He is also a current board member on the Colorado Restaurant Association’s Mile High Chapter.

    Highlighted work history: Demi Sous The Ocean House, DOO/Consultant West Broadway Restaurant Group (8 openings), Consulting Manager Tasty Burger Corporation, DOO Franklin Restaurant Group, DOO Nosh & Grog LLC.

Founder

  • Tony created Qdoba Mexican Grill and as President, led the concept to 75 locations, including 30 company and 45 franchise locations. Qdoba sold for $45 million, delivering an IRR over 20% to all investors. Today, Qdoba operates over 700 locations with sales over $1 billion. He is also a co-founder of Fire Bowl Café, a successful chain of Asian fast casual restaurants. Tony has owned restaurants for over 30 years. All operate today.

    Tony believes in elevating fast food by using the best ingredients in dishes concocted by the best chefs. He strives to assemble and inspire teams of people with good energy and a desire to always improve, develop systems to support managers, and reward high performers at all levels.

    Concept creation and evolution, management systems and operational efficiencies are Tony's main focuses. He also is extremely knowledgable in franchise development, site selection, construction, and legal and finance areas.

    The beginning of his career started with Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. in the Global Leveraged Finance Group in New York. Soon after, Tony transitioned to a Vice President in private equity.

    Tony graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Finance. Working in restaurants certainly helped to finance his college expenses.

  • The Aesthetic

    Originally from Northeast Pennsylvania, Kristy graduated with a Bachelor's in English from PSU and has been supplying her personal splashes of color in every venture since. While managing her family’s lawn care business for 10 years, Kristy quickly realized successfully operating a business requires more than most think. Intrigued, she methodically worked her way through each position within the company (yes, even out in the field with knee-high rubber boots and chemical-resistant clothing), until she was confident she could run the ship solo if it came down to it.

    Over the next 5 years, Kristy burst out of the Northeast PA bubble and landed in the City of Angels, where she worked in PR while also picking up side jobs at bistros and brewhouses. From there, she high-tailed it to Denver and continued to broaden her wisdom in the restaurant industry. Between cultivating cohesion and elevating company culture amongst teams, implementing organized systems for use across food truck events, and discovering exactly what kind of grit it takes to open a restaurant, Kristy found an excuse to pepper in some of her operational aptitude and aesthetic innovation on every occasion.

    Sometimes plans don’t go exactly as forecasted, and if anything drove that home, it was the 2020 Pandemic. But through it all, Kristy has found that adapting and applying sensible structure to each and every situation is how you come out on top.

Managing Partner

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