02/23/2024
📣 I am thrilled to share some exciting news and introduce you all to the new General Manager of Tonino: Jessica Gooch! 📣
We met Jess soon after we opened doors as one of our first regulars. Living in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood, she would stop at Tonino on her way home from work and wait in our little nook with her book and a 🍹 until a table opened up. Jess understood the nightly dining room table “Tetris” since she played the game herself as General Manager at the beloved . Over the past year, we developed a friendly discourse and when it was time to start looking for a new General Manager, Jess was the first person that came to mind.
Sharing our ethos and values, along with our commitment to honest cooking and warm hospitality, Jess will be joining the Tonino team full-time in March. Please introduce yourself! 👋
With Tonino up and running and a fantastic team in place, I will be leaving Tonino to return to .koji.club_ Boston’s first and only sake bar. With exciting projects taking shape on The Koji Club horizon and a great General Manager to pass the proverbial torch to, the time has come for me to assume a new role at Tonino: #1 Cheerleader, rooting from the sidelines 🙌
I am deeply grateful to have witnessed so many dates, family dinners, and celebrations; to have met so many of my JP neighbors; to have shared so many laughs with first-timers and regulars alike. And am grateful that Jess now gets the pleasure to experience the same thing ✨
It has been my absolute privilege to serve you.
With love ❤️
Claire