OUR VISION IS TRANSFORMATION
OUR MISSIONS
THE PULPO GROUP:
VISION:
MISSION:
Our Parent Company
Our vision is transformation
To create enriching environments that serve and care for our three stakeholders: the guest, the team, and the business.
SAVA'S
Our Flagship Restaurant
MISSION:
A spirited dining institution joyfully serving our community since 2007.
AVENTURA
MISSION:
Our Spanish Adventure
To create a transportive and memorable dining experience through our commitment to Spanish culture and gastronomy and our overflowing hospitality.
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THE DIXBORO PROJECT
Our Legacy Project
MISSION:
Home to one of America’s Great Restaurants. Honoring 100 years of restaurant history while serving as an anchor for community development.
‘a place to remember’
ABOUT
The Pulpo Group leads three acclaimed restaurants, each with their own unique concepts: Sava’s, Aventura, and The Dixboro Project: home to Dixboro House and The Boro To Go.
WHO WE ARE
THE PULPO GROUP (TPG) began in 2007 as a scrappy lunch counter, Sava’s State Street Cafe, which was started by 23 year old professional waitress and self-proclaimed ambassador of hospitality, Sava Lelcaj. The cafe became wildly popular amongst students and Sava became a household name and a local personality. In 2009 the humble cafe was out of a home when their building was sold to a developer which propelled Sava to take a leap of faith in jumping into a 300 seat restaurant that had just come on the market right across the street.
With a whole lotta heart, Sava grew that scrappy lunch counter into an Ann Arbor institution and built a restaurant group with her team on the shoulders of genuine hospitality and unstoppable hustle.
WHY 'PULPO'
‘Pulpo’ is the Spanish word for Octopus: a majestic animal that possesses flavor and character beyond compare, and whose unique characteristics deeply inspire the way we do business. The Pulpo is adaptive, emotional, captivating, intelligent, intuitive, creative, flexible and mysterious. This symbol is a reminder of our ability to thrive in any conditions and has become a source of strength for us.