DAIN “ADAM” JONES
Owner
BLAINE STANIFORD
Executive Chef
LISA BROWN
General Manager
Lisa fell in love with the restaurant industry in 1988 working as a hostess in Austin while attending the University of Texas. After school, loving the intensity and fast pace of the business, Lisa joined Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen and became a Kitchen Manager in their Houston and Arlington locations. Eventually she combined her organizational skills with her passion for guest interaction and became a Private Dining Manager as a part of the Del Frisco’s team in 1997, led by Adam Jones. Lisa assisted in opening Grace and Little Red Wasp alongside Adam and was the Private Dining Manager for 7 years. After a brief stint running a local barbecue restaurant, she has returned home to Grace as the General Manager. When not at work, Lisa enjoys reading, playing with her dogs and hanging out with family.
steffen goltz
chef de cuisine
Steffen was born in San Diego and raised in DFW. He first stepped foot behind the line at a young age. The noise, competition, creativity and camaraderie – it was the perfect concoction. He has been in the kitchen ever since. Steffen truly dove into his culinary passion when he moved to the City of Fort Worth in 2016. During his career in Downtown, he has worked alongside Chef Derek Venutolo of The Capital Grill and Chef Marcus Paslay of Provender Hall/Clay Pigeon. Steffen started at Grace as a line cook in December of 2020. A little over a year later, he accepted the Sous Chef position. When not at work, he enjoys playing music and being behind the lens of a camera.
addison johnson
assistant gm
Addison is a native of Fort Worth. He graduated from Arlington Heights and pursued pharmacology at University of Houston. After getting home sick, he came back home to attend TCC in attempt figure out his passion. In that time, he was introduced to the service industry via Charleston’s and Pappadeaux. Now bitten by the “bug” of the industry, Addison found himself in Weatherford where he started working for Jenn and Eric Hunter at Fire Oak Grill. There, he received the tutelage and one-on-one training that catapulted him into management. After brief stints in Hico and Mineral Wells, Addison decided to go back to his Fort Worth roots. He ventured into downtown and said when he walked into Grace, he knew this was where he supposed to be.
junior lindamood
SOMMELIER
Junior Lindamood was born in Riverside, California in 1989. He moved to Oklahoma in 1994 and then to Arlington, TX in 1999 at the age of 10. He graduated from Mansfield-Summit High School in 2007 and attended both Tarrant County College and The University of Texas at Arlington with a focus on Geology. While in school in 2010, he began working as server to help with tuition, but soon realized the hospitality industry was an industry he could thrive in. After stops at Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Benihana, he would make the jump to fine dining in 2015, joining the team at Five Sixty by Wolfgang Puck – Reunion Tower in Dallas. There, he was introduced to wine for the first time. While studying the wine list at the restaurant, he soon realized the wine world and the geology world were very much intertwined and it sparked his desire to continue to learn all he could about wine. “Wine is more than just liquid in a bottle, it’s history, it’s science and it’s art. To me, that’s what really exites me about wine. Every bottle is a new adventure. Wine is made all over the world now and I want to try it all!” Displaced by the recent pandemic, Junior joined the team at Grace in August of 2021 and it sready to help make your visit memorable.
Alicia Graves
SOMMELIER
Alicia
griffin digiorgio
SOus chef
Griffin brings a confident, thoughtful approach to Mediterranean-inspired cuisine. Born and raised in Mansfield, Texas, he attended Frontier High School where he got the chance to compete in culinary competitions. He then went on to earn his bachelor’s drgree from the Culinary Institute of America with a specialization in Mediterranean cuisine, which included a semester in Spain studying regional techniques and culinary traditions. As part of his studies, Griffin completed an inernship at Grace where he quickly proved his talent and work ethic. In between semesters, he would come back to Grace and work while visiting his family. He also gained valuable experience at Grace’s sister restaurant, 61 Osteria, further expancing his perspective on Italian and Mediterranean flavors.
mariana sarinana
SOus chef
Mariana is a 2017 graduate from Granbury High School. After deciding that pursuing a degree in education wasn’t for her, she went full-time with one of the busiest fast-food chains in America, working her way up the corporate ladder to become a New Restaurant Opening trainer, and Team-Lead for Chick-fil-A. Shortly after the pandemic, Mariana made an impulsive decision to relocate to Fort Worth and go into the full-service restaurant industry, joining the team as a line cook at Zoli’s, a concept of PILF Restaurant group. Her love of cooking in a fast-paced environment grew tremendously. Over the years she worked her way up and around the DFW area before landing in Sundance Square at Del Frisco’s Grille where she spent years growing her love for Downtown Fort Worth and its food culture. After leaving Del’s in 2024, Mariana was offered the position of Assistant Kitchen Manager at Doc B’s in Clearfork. Her love of downtown and passion for fine dining motivated her to continuously apply to Grace, where she was finally offered her dream position as Sous Chef in June 2025. Mariana is excited to work alongside Chef Blaine Staniford and the rest of the team at Grace!
erin nowakowski
private dining
Erin was born and raised in Fort Worth, Texas and has been familiar with the 777 Main building all her life, as her father was the chief engineer of the building for many years. He was even a part of the construction of Grace. Erin has always had a passion for helping others and a love for animals and nature. Because of her passion, she decided to attend nursing school at TCC. During her time in nursing school, she picked up a part time job at Del Frisco’s Grille. She worked there for 4 years, moved up the ranks and developed a love of the service industry. In 2019, she made a change and came to work for Adam at Grace. Erin began her adventure here at Grace as a server and after a year she moved up to be a bartender. Another short year later, she moved up again, to be our Private Events Manager. She is very excited to see where this will take her and to work with all of our amazing guests.
