OUR TEAM

RON GOODMAN

Ron Goodman has been in the food business for over 40 years, he graduated from the Culinary Institute of America and for many years has been passionate about preparing delicious fresh seafood. He and his partner Greg Casten have been in business together for close to 40 years and opened Tony & Joe’s Seafood Place and Ivy City SmokeHouse together.

Peter Loftus

Peter grew up in Solomon’s Island, Maryland, where he caught his first soft shell Chesapeake blue crab at the age of six, and spent his teen years living in Massachusetts and on the waters of Cape Cod. His heritage stems from a three generation Washingtonian family, and is an Ivy City resident since 2015.

Greg Casten

Greg has been in the fish and food Industry for over 40 years.  With partner Ron Goodman, Greg helped create, develop, implement, design and build Ivy City Smokehouse and tavern. Greg has extensive experience with restaurant and fish operations and has been in Ivy City for 35 years.  With a few stints on lobster boats, his work includes Tony and Joe's Seafood Place, Nick's Riverside Grill and  Profish, Washington DC's largest fresh seafood wholesaler.

mayi Castillo Palafox

Mayi has been working in the restaurant industry for 22 years. She started working for Greg Casten at Tony and Joe's as a server on 2013 and became a manager at Ivy City Smokehouse on 2016.  Mayi loves and enjoys everything she does at Ivy City and treats our customers as if they're part of the family team. 

Erica Stevens

Born and raised in the DMV, Erica has been a part of the DC hospitality scene since 2006 when she first started waiting tables to pay for school.  After graduating from Frostburg State with a Bachelors of Science degree she started bartending and quickly fell in love with people. This led to discovering her niche in event planning.  She loves being a part of the unforgettable memories that are created with each event, and enjoys each new connection she has a chance to make.