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FOOD & BEVERAGE
Bobby Pancake
High 5 Hospitality
As CEO of High 5 Hospitality, which
operates eight Buff alo Wild Wings
restaurants and fi ve Jersey Mike’s
locations in Delaware and Maryland
along with other independent
businesses, Bobby Pancake is
responsible for setting the company’s
overall vision and strategy, which
focuses on people, performance
and profi tability. From there, he just
leads the leaders. Th e company was
founded in 2004 by Pancake and his
two partners as a way to introduce
the Buff alo Wild Wings franchise
to the First State. Pancake is also a
civic leader for the U.S. Air Force Air
Mobility Command.
Q&A:
Scott Stein
Bardea Group
From humble beginnings at fast-casual
mall restaurants to now handling
daily operations within the bustling
four-concept Bardea Group, partner
and owner Scott Stein has seen it all
in the dining industry. His connection
to the greater Philadelphia region’s
bar and restaurant scene is four-
generations deep, and his hospitality
experience, attention to service detail,
knowledge of fi ne wines and genuine
personality quickly attributed to Bardea
being named a James Beard Best New
Restaurant semifi nalist. Outside the
restaurant, Stein is also actively involved
with the James Beard Foundation.
ALMA MATER:
BOARDS:
Q&A:
Sussex County’s Alex Pires is not
only a well-established lawyer, but
has also spent decades building and
growing local businesses. He oversees
activities as president of Highway One
Companies, an entertainment brand
he founded 35 years ago that now
includes a dozen entities highlighted
by Dewey Beach’s Bottle & Cork and
Rusty Rudder; oversees operations
as CEO and chairman of Community
Bank Delaware, which now boasts $350
million in assets; and co-operates Pires
Cooley, a boutique law fi rm focusing on
civil rights that he founded alongside
his wife, Diane Cooley, in 2003.
Alex Pires
Highway One Companies,
Community Bank Delaware
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& Pires Cooley
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Q&A:
Michael Stiglitz
Two Stones Pub & Two
Stones Pub Brewing Co.
As director of operations of Two
Stones Pub and its brewing company
counterpart, Michael Stiglitz oversees
everything from managing operations
and projects to fi nancials and
performance analysis to strategic
planning, collaboration, customer
service, human resources, and team
leadership and development. Th e
Two Stones Pub group, launched in
the Newark area in 2011 “as a craft
beer-only destination,” now includes
six locations across Delaware and
Pennsylvania. Th e destination spots
not only boast dozens of beers, but also
“an eclectic mix of pub grub.”
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