Andrew J. McGuire

Current

Chef/Owner at La Gondola Italian Restaurant (Self-employed)

Past

President of the United States of America 08 at United States of America
Union Truck Driver/Union Steward at Battaglia Foodservice Distributor
Operations Manager at Bohica Bar & Grill

Chemical Operator/Chemist at Cedar Concepts Corp.
Reactor/Chemical Operator at McIntyre Group LTD.

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Andrew J. McGuire’s Summary

First 20+ years of adulthood were spent as a blue collar worker, Always loved the restaurant business and worked part time in some capacity @ several Pizzerias and fast food establishments over the past 25 years, Opportunity came knocking in early 2005 when one of the restaurants I delivered to was up for sale, Driving a truck was good honest work but my wife and I decided the time was right to move forward and make a move on La Gondola, In less than 3 years we have doubled business twice and are now (@ 02.20.08) working on expanding our current location as well as working on another location, Stay tuned "the best is yet to come"

Andrew J. McGuire’s Specialties:

After delivering to 1000's of restaurants, Deli's, Pizzeria's and grocery stores over the previous 8 years @ Battaglia as a truck driver, I have learned so much by asking questions about all aspects of the hospitality industry, TBC.

Andrew J. McGuire’s Experience

Chef/Owner
La Gondola Italian Restaurant (Self-employed)

(Self-Employed; 11-50 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

August 2005 — Present (4 years)
President of the United States of America 08

United States of America

(Political Organization industry)

November 2004 — October 2008 (4 years)
Union Truck Driver/Union Steward

Battaglia Foodservice Distributor

(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Food & Beverages industry)

December 1997 — August 2005 (7 years 9 months)

Route driver, Delivered supplies to restaurants in 7 midwestern states, Also responsible for $2M+ in sales, Just driving wasn't challenging enough for me, So I started recommending products to my customers that they did not purchase, It was easy for me seeing I had a close relationship with all my customers, Also handled negotiating between the Company and drivers (55) as steward, Very loyal to my Teamsters but also understood where my check came from and did a great job of keeping the peace between company and drivers.
Operations Manager

Bohica Bar & Grill

(Hospitality industry)

August 1994 — January 2000 (5 years 6 months)
Chemical Operator/Chemist

Cedar Concepts Corp.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Chemicals industry)

July 1991 — September 1996 (5 years 3 months)
Reactor/Chemical Operator

McIntyre Group LTD.

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Cosmetics industry)

March 1988 — August 1991 (3 years 6 months)

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Andrew J. McGuire’s Interests:

My family, Cooking to feed the masses, Networking, Chicago Style Pizza, Restaurants, Italian, Food, Delivery, Chicago, Chicago Pasta, City of Chicago, Sports Chicago, Veal, Seafood, Chicken Vesuvio Chicago, Oprah Chicago, Springer Chicago, Daley Chicago, Gondola Chicago, Best pizza Chicago, Best Pasta Chicago, Catering, Catering Chicago, Best Pizza. Yelp, Yelp Chicago, Best Pizza Yelp, Twitter, Facebook