Wisteria Family

Katie Rice
Katie Rice was born and raised in Ohio and has been in Atlanta for six years. She graduated from Miami University and has been working in the fine dining restaurant business for thirteen years. She has spent the last four at Wisteria. She began her career at Wisteria as a server and bartender and after two years was promoted to General Manager. She has a passion for food and wine. She loves to travel and go to the movies. She is responsible for the day to day operations of the restaurant as well as the wine buying at Wisteria. She has a commitment to seeking new and exciting wines and building her palette, she also enjoys offering notable wine pairings to her guests.

Hadi Joyce
Originally from upstate New York, I've been in the restaurant business for the past seventeen years. I have spent the last four years at Wisteria and can honestly say that they have been the best. You can usually find me behind the bar dispensing drinks and giving unsolicited advice or opinions about wine, one of my greatest passions. Chef owner Jason Hill and I have put on some memorable late nights at the Wisteria bar in our younger days. But with both of us becoming parents and semi-responsible members of the community these have become much less frequent. You never know however when an ordinary night might turn legendary! When not at Wisteria I am usually playing with my daughter or running Clik Simple a new event service conceived by my wife and I. www.cliksimple.com. I look forward to seeing you the
next time you are in.

Randy Parks
Randy Parks has been working at Wisteria since the beginning. Before Wisteria, Randy worked at Cosi in Decatur with Justin Ward. Randy is from Alabama and has been in Atlanta since 1999. He enjoys all outdoor activities, spending time with his fiancé and dogs. After the first year and a half at Wisteria he moved to Colorado to become a ski bum, and was very successful. He moved back to Atlanta to luckily get his job back. He loves his co-workers and restaurant and takes great pride in what he does. Randy has recently started his own home inspection business called “360 Home Inspections”. www.360homeinspecionsgeorgia.com

David Fleener
When David Fleener is not at Wisteria, he keeps busy with his new store, Satoria in Marietta, Georgia selling organic skin care and gifts to savvy eco conscious shoppers. You can find Satoria at satoriaboutique.com. David has been at Wisteria for three and a half years. He has also been a member of the Screen Actors Guild and a performer for over twenty years.

Julie Beverly
I'm originally from South Georgia and consider the southern influence of the cuisine at Wisteria very close to home. I love cooking, yoga and animals. I'm very down to earth and even a little goofy at times. I have had the pleasure of working at Wisteria for about two years. This restaurant has the best staff and management that I have ever worked with. Please come in and see for yourself sometime.

Patricia Davis
Patricia Davis was raised in Kennebunk, ME. She has lived in the surrounding neighborhoods of Wisteria off and on for the past ten years. Patricia has worked in the fine dining world for over six years and had the pleasure of working with Chef Donald Link at Susan Spicer’s Herbsaint Restaurant in New Orleans. She has a passion for food and wine. She assists Katie with the wine program at Wisteria,  bartends and waits tables. When you can’t find her at Wisteria she is most likely enjoying her love for jazz, travel and photography. Next time you are in for a visit she can not only give you a recommendation for the best Pinot Noir but also for the hottest jazz album.

Jeffery
Jeffery has been with Wisteria for two and a half years after relocating to Atlanta from his home in New Orleans. His service career spans two and a half decades working with some of the finest chefs in the country. “I knew upon moving to Atlanta that I wanted to work for no other restaurant and no other chef than Jason Hill’s Wisteria. It’s a casual yet upscale environment with an amazing wine list and it just felt like home.” Jeffery has a particular passion for wine and can be very helpful with your wine selections. He is presently developing a high end soy wax candle business that can visited at karmicilluminations.com

Jeff
Welcome to Wisteria, I’m Jeff; I’ll be bartending for you tonight. After being here for a year at the end of February I am still called the ‘FNG’, and what a year it has been. With my appreciation for good wine and good food it has made my experience that much more enjoyable. I do have the unique privilege of being the only staff member having been born and raised here in our great city of Atlanta. Having been born here does not mean I have always lived here. I have had the pleasure of both living and working in Kodiak, Alaska fishing commercially for Salmon. I have also lived and studied in Mannheim, Germany. But alas I have called many places home, but Atlanta has always called me home.