Restaurant Team

Meet the People That Keep Us Ticking and Improving!
Prairie Dog Brewing Gunnison's Red Ale in a 473mL glass.

Our large brewpub has 30-40 team members, depending on the season, which is just too much for us to list here all at once as we launch this new website. We’ll gradually expand this page to include more of our team, but for now we’ll just focus on restaurant leadership!

Front of House Manager Aidan Hill, as a prairie dog.

Front of House Mgr: Aidan Hill

Aidan joined Prairie Dog Brewing in 2023 as an all-rounder and quickly proved himself, becoming an adept supervisor after a few months, and eventually taking on a role as Front of House Manager, where he excels at organization, inventory management, training and communication with our team. Aidan is recognizable based on his glasses, strawberry blonde hair and a notebook that he almost always carries with him.

In his spare time, Aidan loves to hike in the rockies, and he’s a huge movie buff, having gone through film school in the past. He’s also a big reader with a big heart.

Prairie Dog Brewing Co-Founder and President Gerad Coles

Restaurant GM: Gerad Coles

Gerad is a Senior Officer, owner and co-founder at Prairie Dog Brewing, and he oversees the totality of our operations, including our restaurant. At the restaurant level, Gerad acts as our GM and mentors restaurant managers regarding HR matters, sets goals and provides budgetary constraints and reporting, and drives many projects and improvements to operations and facilities. Gerad also manages our Allergy Codex with our kitchen team, and administers this website. On weekends, Gerad is often seen managing our live music shows alongside other team members, and occasionally helping with bussing tables or running food to guest tables.

Prairie Dog Brewing co-founder and Director of Marketing & Public Relations, Laura Coles, stands in our brewpub at the host stand.

Restaurant Asst. GM: Laura Coles

Laura is a Senior Officer, owner and co-founder of Prairie Dog Brewing, and she is substantially involved in our day-to-day restaurant operations, whether it be through booking events, mentoring team members, handling guest feedback, and implementing operational changes to improve the guest/staff experience and safety. Laura leads our Health and Safety committee, and also heads up all efforts at Marketing and Public Relations, including being the most public face of our business in the media, at festivals, and more. Laura can often be seen helping out in our dining room, chatting with guests, and creating social media content etc.