This week’s guest is Alexis Tinoco. Currently residing in Chicago Illinois, Alexis has been working at the Aviary for over seven years where the past five have been dedicated to managing and helping to build the bar program. The bar program at Aviary was chef designed and is meant to explore unique techniques and serviceware via cocktails. The Aviary is well known for their culinary approach to beverages (both alcoholic and non-alcoholic) and the ice program which includes everything from hand-chipped ice to flavored ice to their infamous "In the Rocks." 

Prior to Alexis’s time in Chicago, she was living and working in New York City. 

Before getting involved in the restaurant and bar industry, Alexis was a student at Arizona State University and The University of Arizona studying Biochemistry. Alexis had hoped to eventually get her Ph.D. At that point, Alexis moved to New York to take a break from her studies and started working in restaurants. This is where Alexis met her husband and they eventually moved to Chicago to pursue continued careers in hospitality. They have been living in Chicago ever since. Alexis and her husband hope to one day open their own restaurant and bar.

If you are interested in an Au Stage (interning) at the Aviary - contact Alexis through email:  [email protected]

Alexis: @slayy_her

Aviary: theaviary.com

Podcast Artwork by Zak Hannah @zak.hannah

Aaron Hatchell akthospitality.com

Matt Hewson @matt.hewson