Executive Profile

Name: Bruce R. Faber
Age: 31
Position: General manager, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant
First job: Dishwasher
Favorite pastime: Auto racing, golf, biking

The effort is in addition to Wednesday jazz nights, which began in February.

"We also started free brewery tours about three weeks ago," said Bruce Faber, the establishment's new general manager. "It's about a 30-minute tour and tasting, and we normally get 30 to 40 people."

Faber has 17 years of experience in the restaurant business. He spent eight years with the Levy Organization in Chicago, which operates restaurants and food concessions at sports facilities across the mainland, including Washington, Miami, Portland, Ore., and Hartford, Conn.

Faber also managed several restaurants in Chicago and catered fine dining events at Comiskey Park, Wrigley Field and the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago.