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    General Manager

    Ryan Sparks

    General Manager and Co-Beverage Director, Father Forgive Me

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    Portrait of Ryan Sparks

    Portrait of Ryan Sparks

    i. Biography

    Ryan Sparks is the general manager and co-beverage director at Father Forgive Me, the wine and cocktail bar at The Shepherd in Detroit’s East Village. A separate profile noted his work on the bar’s zero-proof program and said he was nearly three years sober at the time of publication.

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