Our team is made up of some of the most dedicated, warm and friendly folks in town. Getting to know our customers is very important to us and is one of our favorite aspects about operating the shop. Here's your chance to get to know our fun and eclectic team!
Gabi - co-owner
First concert: Badfish, 16 years old
First album: Chumbawamba, “Tubthumper”
Favorite place you've visited: Savannah, Georgia
Top 3 bands right now: Agent Orange, Southern Culture on the Skids, Strung Out
How do you take your coffee?: cold and black, no ice
Favorite smell: the country
Drink of choice: water
Fun fact: has duel citizenship in the U.S. and Lebanon
Pet peeve: when people are unkind to the elderly
What would be your last meal?: a turkey sub - toasted sub roll, oil and vinegar, mayo, shredded lettuce, tomato, cold turkey + cold provolone with a chewy oatmeal raisin cookie on the side
Favorite meat: chicken
Favorite Vision meal: pulled pork with pimento cheese, coleslaw, pickled
onions and hot sauce
Favorite Vision sauce: traditional red sauce
Mike - co-owner
First concert: The Godfathers at The boathouse in Norfolk, 15 years old
First album: Beastie Boys, "Licensed to Ill"
Favorite place you've visited: Brazil
Top 3 bands right now: Beastie Boys, The Cars, Howard Stern
How do you take your coffee?: black and cold but with ice in it (unlike Gabi)
Favorite smell: BBQ
Drink of choice: Pilsner, lager and water
Hidden talent: can make balloon animals
Pet peeve: people who aren't trying
What would be your last meal?: BBQ
Favorite meat: sausage
Favorite Vision meal: The ILLY Cheesesteak
Favorite Vision sauce: smoked jalapeño lime hot sauce
Brandon - sous chef
First concert: As Daylight Dies Tour - Switch Engage, Every Time I Die and Parkway Drive. I had just turned 16 the day before and the concert was at Toad’s Place in Richmond.
First album: Green Day, “American Idiot”
Favorite place you’ve visited: this place in northern British Colombia called Okanagan Lake
Top 3 bands right now: Stand Atlantic, Neck Deep, State Champs
How do you take your coffee: I don’t drink coffee. I wake up like this.
Favorite smell: mint and cooking with rosemary
Drink of choice: alcoholic - Legend Brewing Company’s brown ale. Non-alcoholic - Vanilla Coke
Fun fact: I spin a fire staff and I’m also a DJ
Pet peeve: small talk
Favorite holiday: Christmas. I have the most sentimental value attached to it.
What would be your last meal: risotto with wild mallard
Favorite meat: venison, duck and pacific salmon
Favorite Vision sandwich: Favorite one to eat is The Illy Cheesesteak
Favorite Vision sauce: red sauce
Casey - kitchen comrade
First concert: The Roots at Scott’s Stadium, age 14
First album: Korn, “Issue”
Favorite place: porches
Top 3 bands right now: Bad Religion, AFI, Wu Tang
What would be your last meal?: spaghetti and meat sauce
How do you take your coffee?: black and hot
Favorite smell: fresh laundry
Drink of choice: Cognac
Pet peeve: people on social media
Favorite part about working vision: working with my bros
Cooking ingredient at home that you’d never be caught without: Crystal hot sauce
If you could travel back in time: ancient Egypt
Favorite meat: ham
Favorite Vision meal: the feed pail
Favorite Vision sauce: Alabama white sauce
Emily - social media captain
First concert: Yellowcard at Vans Warped Tour, 13 years old in South Jersey, The fiddle player signed my shoe.
First album: Britney Spears, “Baby One More Time”
Favorite place you’ve visited: Ireland
Top 3 bands right now: Nancy Sinatra, Lawrence, Amy Winehouse
If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life: Cooked Broccoli
Fav season and why: summer because that’s when I feel the most free and I love going to the beach
How do you take your coffee: raw sugar and cream or oatmilk
Favorite smell: salty air at the beach
Drink of choice: dirty gin martini
Pet peeve: when people talk condescendingly to me or others
Favorite part about working for Vision BBQ: getting to highlight and promote the awesome work these guys do
Which food item do you have in your home at all times: coffee
Favorite cooking ingredient at home: sesame oil
If you could travel back in time, when and where would you go: Los Angeles in the 70’s.
Favorite meat: chicken thighs
Favorite Vision meal: pork belly burnt ends with smoked lime hot sauce and and collard greens
Favorite Vision sauce: apple butter mustard sauce
Zach - off-site event commander
First album: it was a cassette - The Offspring, “Smash”
Top 3 bands right now: Eskimo Callboy, Mick Gordon, Wolf Mother
How do you take your coffee: like I take women, cold and bitter
Favorite smell: earl grey
Drink of choice: Jim Beam straight
Favorite thing about working at Vision BBQ: getting to work with my bestie
Pet peeve: people who chew with their mouth open or slurp unless it’s with ramen
What would be your last meal: home cooked Thanksgiving dinner - turkey leg, cranberry sauce, stuffing, mashed potatoes, asparagus, sauerkraut
If you could travel back in time, where would you go: Ancient Greek times
Favorite Halloween Halloween candy: candy corn
Favorite season: spring
Your perfect spring day: 74.5 degrees out, patches of clouds, bright blue sky, a little little breeze bugs haven’t come out yet, a bit of day drinking with friends and napping in the hammock.
Favorite meat: chicken
Favorite Vision sauce: Alabama white sauce
Favorite Vision meal: The Hot Mess
Jason - kitchen comrade
Interview coming soon!
Logan - kitchen comrade
Interview coming soon!