Built by a hospitality founder who has run the restaurant, the bar program and the banquet floor

Executive Beverage did not start as a booking platform or a franchise. It started with a beverage director.

Dennis M. Ferrigno, Jr. came up through the operations side of hospitality, running the beverage program at the then brand-new Hilton Garden Inn of Virginia Beach, including its four-star restaurant Lager Heads, the Garden Grille, and its events and banquets. Years across elite restaurants, hotels and clubs in Southeastern Virginia taught him what actually separates a good bar from a bad one: not the cocktail list, but whether the person behind the bar can read a room, keep a line moving and make a guest feel looked after.

The first executive to ask was Bruce Thompson, CEO of Gold Key | PHR. A man who has built more of this city’s hospitality than almost anyone, and not an easy one to impress. He became client number one, and the logic was simple: hold up in front of him and you can hold up anywhere. Brilliant guest service and genuinely fresh cocktails did the rest. Bookings from Virginia Beach to Miami, entirely by word of mouth. By late 2015 it was obvious the region had no elite, private, professional bartending and consulting service. So he built one.

Since then we have served sitting governors and members of Congress, former governors, mothers, brides, and just about everything in between. We think we can handle you.