The people who run this place
Pizza makers, bartenders, hosts, musicians, collectors, problem-solvers and friends. Every one of them has a job, a shift, an opinion about the menu, and something they are better at than you are.
Come in on a Friday and you'll meet most of them.
Pizza chef · Server
Rachel is the reason a lot of people come back. She is bubbly, thoughtful and unfailingly polite, and she has a knack for making a table feel welcome before she has even set the food down.
She takes real pride in Brewability's pizzas — carrying them out, presenting them properly, checking you have everything you need. Ask her about her pop-can tab collection.
Kitchen · Bar team
Jorge is a friend to everyone who walks in. He has the kind of open, easy warmth that makes strangers relax, and he brings it to every shift.
He also plays the clarinet, and he plays it on the worship team at his church. It is the same instinct in two places: he likes bringing people together, whether that is settling a table at Brewability or holding a line of music for a room full of people singing.
Kitchen crew
José brings a performer's energy to every shift. He loves Michael Jackson, and if you ask him for a little “Billie Jean,” there is a good chance he will put on a performance—with a smile on his face from beginning to end.
Whether he is dancing, singing or simply chatting with a guest about something they love, José has a gift for making people feel welcome and sending them away smiling.
Bar support · Dish crew
Aaron has a gift for spotting value in things that might otherwise be overlooked. He collects bicycles, vacuums and objects ready for a second life—and he is usually right that something special is still there.
Bicycles are what he loves most, and his dream is to own a shop one day. It is easy to picture him welcoming people, matching each person with the right bike and helping well-used bicycles find someone new to love them.
That hopeful outlook is part of what makes Aaron special. He sees possibility first and reminds all of us how much can grow when someone takes the time to notice.
Dining room support · Box crew
Nick has been part of Brewability for a long time, and he does the work every busy restaurant needs. He busses tables, folds pizza boxes and helps keep the space clean—but he never disappears into the background. Nick brings his full personality with him. He is enthusiastic, honest and never afraid to say what is on his mind.
What stays with people most is the way Nick remembers them. He loves holidays, and he will make sure the people he cares about hear “Happy Thanksgiving,” “Merry Christmas” or “Happy birthday”—sometimes months early, just so there is no chance he forgets. Those small moments say something big: Nick notices people, remembers what matters and makes sure they know they have not been forgotten.
Kitchen · Dish crew
Nathan has been part of Brewability for a long time, doing the dishes in the kitchen—the steady work that helps everyone else keep moving. But spend a few minutes with him and you will notice something else: Nathan is usually asking about you before he says very much about himself. He asks questions, listens closely and genuinely wants to understand the person in front of him. That is not small talk. It is real care.
Nathan also loves horses and has a miniature pony he enjoys taking on walks. Ask him about his horses and you may discover an entirely new side of him. He will be happy to tell you all about them—as long as he is not already busy learning something new about you.
Director of Operations
Jess has a big heart, and you see it in the way she works. As Director of Operations, she handles problems most people never see. She works incredibly hard, though never for her own advantage—she does it so every crew member feels looked after, and so this place runs the very best it can. She gives a great deal of herself to that, and she would not have it any other way, because a room full of people doing well is what she wants most. Jess advocates for adults with disabilities and makes sure guests and crew feel accommodated, happy and at home. For Jess, caring is not talk. It is action.
Soon after Jess started, she asked me, “If you could meet anybody famous, who would it be?” I said Sam Altman. She reached out and had a response the next day. That is Jess: what matters to someone else matters to her too. She keeps Brewability running smoothly and puts her whole heart into making people feel at home and their dreams feel possible.
Bar team
Stephanie is curious about people. Properly curious — she will ask you where you are from, what you do, what brought you in, and she will remember the answer. She likes finding out what makes somebody different from the last person she talked to.
She also loves mermaids, which we mention because you will find out within about four minutes of meeting her.
Bar team
Alex brings wholehearted enthusiasm to every shift. He is blind, a devoted football fan and the person to ask if you want the score, the story behind a player or a thoughtful prediction about what happens next.
He brings that same attention to people. Alex loves getting to know everyone, listens closely and has a way of offering advice that is both honest and kind. A conversation with him rarely stays small talk for long—you tend to leave it feeling seen, encouraged and a little more confident than when it began.
Bar manager
Avery pours the beer, runs the bar, and uses his voice and experience to show what adults with disabilities can achieve when they are given a real opportunity.
Avery was diagnosed with autism at four. He has lived through two strokes, and has two rare diseases. He grew up in and out of hospitals. He didn't get his first job until he was 21—not for lack of wanting one. By the time his health was steady enough to work consistently, he was starting from behind everybody his age. Brewability was the place that said yes.
“I have spent much of my life feeling defined by illnesses and disabilities. I do not want anyone else to believe that a diagnosis determines their value, or everything they are capable of becoming. I want to turn my story into purpose rather than pain, and use what I have experienced to help create opportunities for other people.”
He built this website, mostly so the rest of the Brew Crew would have somewhere to be seen properly.
He also created Walk With Bravery, where he shares his lived experiences—including growing up in and out of hospitals—in the hope that even one person facing something similar feels less alone. He also wants to show how AI can serve as a practical accommodation for people with disabilities, helping remove barriers and making more room for their skills, ideas and voices.
On shift
Who started it
Tiffany taught adults with autism and other developmental disabilities. Her students finished her program ready to work, and found that almost nobody would hire them. So in 2016 she opened a brewery in a garage and hired them herself.
Ten years later there are twenty-six of us.
Order a pizza. Ask Rachel about the tabs, Jorge about the clarinet, José about Michael Jackson, Nick about the next holiday, or Nathan about his miniature pony. Ask Stephanie anything at all.