Aengus Wagner

Nepenthe Restaurant

485100 Highway 1, Big Sur

(831) 667-2345

www.nepenthebigsur.com

Alicia Hahn Peterson has a lot of things to say about her co-worker and longtime friend Aengus. He’s friendly, genuine, truly gregarious, a total epicurean, a brilliant sommelier, and a do-gooder who helps out with community fundraisers. That’s why Monterey County diners love him. Not a lot of those same diners know that he was also a DJ in Santa Barbara during the ’80s. The secret is out.