Enjoy the entire Maverick collection. Click here. Click here and learn how you can share the joy. Click here to make a reservation thru OpenTable™ Monica Hamdan Monica Hamdan General Manager High Cotton's general manager Monica Hamdan is a walking, breathing definition of hospitality, possessing that instinctive ability to generously welcome guests and ensure their satisfaction. With over 25 years experience in restaurant management, Monica has trained, supervised and inspired hundreds of staff, achieving record levels of success in companies throughout the western U.S. Yet her career aspirations were initially quite different. A native of Berkeley, California, Monica was working on a degree in art history when she took a job as a server in a local restaurant part time. That part time job became the launching pad for her future, as she gained experience, received promotions, and realized that the hospitality industry fit her like a glove. She served in several management roles with Lyon's Restaurant, Inc. over a 19-year period, and became a managing partner with Brinker International in Sacramento, California, and later with Il Fornaio Cucina Italiana, in Roseville, California. She accepted the position as General Manager of High Cotton, Maverick Bar & Grill and relocated to Greenville in January 2008. In her non-working hours Monica enjoys cooking, reading, and learning about her new "home town". When asked about her relocation to the other side of the country, Monica replies, "It’s amazing – like the name of our restaurant, for me, life in Greenville is experiencing the bounty of being in high cotton..."