Kelly Gordon

50TH YEAR IN THE BUSINESS

1974 – STARTED AT KEG # 1 IN 1974 AS A DISHWASHER WORKING MY WAY THROUGH BUSINESS SCHOOL

1982 – GRADUATED 1982 WITH BUSINESS DEGREE WHILE WORKING AS A SERVER FOR THE KEG

1984 – GENERAL MANAGER BURNABY KEG

1985 – MOVED TO US OPERATING AND BECOMING A PARTNER IN THE KEG ON THE SEATTLE AREA

1989 – MOVED BACK TO VANCOUVER TO BECOME AREA PARTNER FOR THE 7 VANCOUVER KEGS

1994 – JOINED OLD FRIENDS AND PARTNERS WAYNE HOLM AND PETER BONNER IN THE EARLY STAGES OF THE SPECTRA GROUP

1994 -1998 – WORKED IN BRAND DEVELOPMENT ON MILESTONES, BOATHOUSE, BREAD GARDEN, KINGSTON

1999 – BECAME VICE PRESIDENT THE SPECTRA GROUP AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AND PARTNER BOATHOUSE

2005 – BOATHOUSE WAS PURCHASED BY MCCORMICK AND SCHMICKS IN US AND BECAME VP OPERATIONS FOR MCCORMICK AND SCHMICK

2013 – BECAME PARTNER AND CO-OWNER OF EXTRA MILE HOSPITALITY OWNERS OF ROMERS, STARBUCKS AND STEAMSHIP GRILL AND BAR

2023-24 OPENING TWO ROMERS THIS YEAR FOR A TOTAL OF 7 RESTAURANTS