Aimee Olexy is an American

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who, with

Stephen Starr Stephen Starr (born 1957) is an American restaurateur and former entertainment promoter based in Philadelphia. He owns the Starr Restaurants group which operates over thirty restaurants. He has restaurants in many different areas both in the ...

, owns

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in Philadelphia. They also co-own Talula's Table and Talula's Garden.

Biography

Olexy grew up in

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. In the late 1980s, as a teenager, her first restaurant job was in

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at Spring Mill Café. She attended St. Joseph’s University where she earned a degree in English literature followed by an MBA. She went on to France and attended l’Universitie du Vin.

Career

In 1999, she returned to Philadelphia and got jobs relating to operations in the restaurant industry. Her first job with Starr was as general manager of Blue Angel, his

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bistro. She was promoted to Director of Restaurants and, in 2000, opened Pod. With ex-husband Bryan Sikora, she opened Django on

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which earned a four bell rating from Craig LaBan of ''

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.''

Awards and honors

The Love was named one of the best new restaurants of 2018 by ''

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''.

References

External links

Talula’s Garden Must Pay Nearly $400K for Labor ViolationsFeds Investigating Alleged Wage Theft at Stephen Starr Restaurant
{{DEFAULTSORT:Olexey, Aimee American women restaurateurs American restaurateurs Living people Year of birth missing (living people) People from West Chester, Pennsylvania