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| rowid | name | first_name | last_name | gender | career_sec | personal_sec | info | occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 | Gordon Naccarato | Gordon | Naccarato | M | Naccarato started working for Michael's in Santa Monica in 1979. While there, he received Food & Wine Best New Chef award in 1988. Gordon Naccarato and his wife Rebecca Naccarato opened Gordon's Restaurant and Rebecca's Bakery in Aspen, Colorado in 1984. Naccarato and his wife were divorced; she worked at a grill in Kirkland and opened a Seattle restaurant with brother Tim Towner in 1990; and he moved back to Tacoma in July 2001, after working under Mark Peel of Campanile and in other Los Angeles restaurants including Monkey Bar and Le Colonial in the 1990s. He started the Beach House restaurant in Purdy in 2002. In Tacoma, Naccarato is president of Naccarato Restaurant Group, which operates Pacific Grill. He opened Smoke + Cedar restaurant in 2014. The Classics Cafe at America's Car Museum is owned by Naccarato. His brother Steve opened Shake Shake Shake in Tacoma. In September 2020, Naccarato announced the closure of the Naccarato Restaurant Group permanently closing Pacific Grill restaurant and Pacific Grill Events & Catering. The reasoning was due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on business. | Naccarato was profiled as a prominent openly gay businessperson by The Advocate in 2013. | Naccarato started working for Michael's in Santa Monica in 1979. While there, he received Food & Wine Best New Chef award in 1988. Gordon Naccarato and his wife Rebecca Naccarato opened Gordon's Restaurant and Rebecca's Bakery in Aspen, Colorado in 1984. Naccarato and his wife were divorced; she worked at a grill in Kirkland and opened a Seattle restaurant with brother Tim Towner in 1990; and he moved back to Tacoma in July 2001, after working under Mark Peel of Campanile and in other Los Angeles restaurants including Monkey Bar and Le Colonial in the 1990s. He started the Beach House restaurant in Purdy in 2002. In Tacoma, Naccarato is president of Naccarato Restaurant Group, which operates Pacific Grill. He opened Smoke + Cedar restaurant in 2014. The Classics Cafe at America's Car Museum is owned by Naccarato. His brother Steve opened Shake Shake Shake in Tacoma. In September 2020, Naccarato announced the closure of the Naccarato Restaurant Group permanently closing Pacific Grill restaurant and Pacific Grill Events & Catering. The reasoning was due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on business.Naccarato was profiled as a prominent openly gay businessperson by The Advocate in 2013. | chefs |