The foundation of our Evergreen® company, cookline, is trust. It is the most essential ingredient in our success, and the thing that sets us apart in our industry. We are general contractors devoted solely to building restaurants in the San Francisco area, working with restaurateurs to create high-quality, beautiful spaces that reflect their vision and provide the greatest opportunity for success in a notoriously tough industry and city.

An unconventional upbringing and path brought me here. In 1971, my parents joined a group of about 300 like-minded people living in San Francisco who had a dream of living off the land and building a community on shared values of non-violence and respect for the environment. I was born on a commune in Tennessee and lived there until I reversed my parents’ steps and moved West to California after I graduated from high school.