Our Team

However helpful it would be to take reservations over the internet, via this website, we only reserve tables through a personal phone call to the Canoe Club at (603) 643-9660.
We appreciate your understanding, and look forward to speaking with you soon to book your next visit with us!
 
We believe that “human capital” is a critical ingredient for a successful restaurant. The staff at the Canoe Club is at the very center of what we are about. They reflect our aspirations and expectations for a memorable experience at the Canoe Club.

The Canoe Club Staff is a colorful assemblage of talent.  Over the years we’ve been home to artists of note, equine fanatics, graduate students at Dartmouth, organic farming aficionados, multi-linguists including some fresh from Italy and Hungary, gardeners from Costa Rica, certified teachers, a one-man repository of the history of jazz, and a Dartmouth coach.  Several of our team members have been with us since our launch in November of 2003, and a number of Canoe Clubbers choose to “re-enlist” when they return to the area. This staff continuity creates a certain “esprit de corps” which we hope enhances the service at the Canoe Club.

 
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Sorry for any inconvenience, but we do not accept reservations via the internet.

Please feel free to call and speak to one of us directly at (603) 643-9660

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CULINARY TEAM

Brent Battis, Executive Chef

Andrew Graham, Sous Chef

Jim Oronte, Lunch Chef: one of the premier soup, appetizer and dessert artisans in the Upper Valley. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, he’s worked at top restaurants in the area, notably as pastry chef and Executive Chef of Grenache and as the Executive Chef at Café Buon Gustaio. Jim has worked his magic at the Canoe Club for 5 years.
 

FRONT OF THE HOUSE

Eden Abram, General Manager: Having graduated from Dartmouth in 1994,  Eden subsequently pursued advance degrees on the West coast with field study throughout the world. She then returned to the Upper Valley where she further honed her considerable artistic skills as a representational illustrator - as well as creating more fanciful pieces. During this artistic sojourn, Eden also worked in the restaurant world, eventually appearing on the doorstep of the Canoe Club at the time of its opening in late 2003. After establishing herself as a notable spirit on the floor of the canoe Club for its first 5 years, she and her husband, Jethro, decided to farm in Wisconsin for a period.Fortuitously for the Canoe Club, Eden was persuaded to come back and accept the General Manager responsibilities in January, 2010. She continues to produce exquisite art as well as helping build a rustic home east of Hanover.

Sara Gordon, Financial Manager: Sara has held local management positions at Grenache and Steele Hill in New Hampshire, and the Pines and the Third Rail in Vermont. She stalls the prompt payment of all submitted bills, and trims our payroll to the bare bones, shakes martinis, and delivers food!

Melissa Gaudette, Floor Manager

Amy Lyons, Floor Manager

John Chapin, Owner: previously created and owned a restaurant in Farmington, CT and two restaurants in Hartford, CT, where he functioned as the impresario of a noted music series.  He is an acknowledged expert in the art of pouring water.
 

BAR TEAM

Michelle Marcinowski

Daniel Levitt has been a fixture at the Canoe Club bar for the past 5 ½ years.  He claims to have invented the  famous Remy Martin Louis XIII and Red Bull fusion drink. His reputation for recalling the peculiar preferences of regular guests is legendary, as is his unflappability in the face of a Tuck School tsunami.