GM Bio
About Chris Kindig, General Manager
Baleen General Manager, Chris Kindig has 15 years experience owning and operating his own restaurants Esperanto in Pacific Beach, San Diego and Scottsdale. Distinguished restaurant reviewer, Italian food writer and authority on destination restaurants John Mariani listed Esperanto as "one of the top 1500 restaurants in the United States", only 22 of which were in San Diego.
Kindig spent the following 12 years as the Director of Food & Beverage at a small golf resort & country club in San Diego's East County.
Prior to assuming his current position as the General Manager at Baleen on Mission Bay in 2008, Kindig also served as an integral part of management at The Prado in San Diego's Balboa Park, heading up their beverage program.











