
Martha Pollay
Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Mandara Hospitality Group, an Asheville-based restaurant group known for Posana, a certified gluten-free fine dining restaurant.
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Jul 13, 2026
1281: Peter and Martha Pollay, co-founders of Mandara Hospitality Group
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52:09Eric CacciatoreHOST
Was the, was, was the conversation of buying a restaurant what happened first? Like, like, how did we get to the point where you were even looking at property?

Martha PollayGUEST
I, I think that I could tell Peter wasn't really happy with the real estate thing, and like, I have memories of Peter when, like, of Peter in his socks in the kitchen cooking and literally, like, sliding around, like he's having so much fun.

Martha PollayGUEST
And see, the reason I brought up, like, how kind of burnt out he had become at Spago wasn't because Spago wasn't a great place to work or a great learning emp- a, a learning environment.
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