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A native Texan, Brannin fell in love the with the hospitality industry while working in restaurants throughout high school and college. After graduating with a degree in finance from the University of Houston, Brannin moved to the Bay Area where he started an impressive career running some of the country’s most iconic restaurants, including Fog City Diner, Betelnut, Tomatina, and PlumpJack.

Brannin joined Bacchus in 2002 to partner in the launch of Pizza Antica, the second project in the Bacchus Management Group portfolio. The vision for Pizza Antica—to bring as much of fine dining as possible to a neighborhood pizza place—was immediately successful and Brannin continued to open and operate a collection of Pizza Antica restaurants throughout the Bay Area and Los Angeles. Today, in addition to leading the popular Pizza Antica outposts, Brannin has a prominent facilities role in Bacchus, managing myriad aspects in the development of new restaurant projects.