Charlie Idol

Managing Director, Mission Navy Yard and Royal Sands

Charlie began his restaurant career in 2003 with the Clyde’s Restaurant Group after graduating from Towson University in Baltimore. For more than ten years he held management positions at Clyde’s of Tysons, Clyde’s of Gallery Place and The Hamilton before joining DC Restaurant Group as General Manager of The Front Page in Dupont Circle in 2015. After four years of managing Mission Navy Yard and having been nominated by the Restaurant Association of Washington DC as Manager of the year in 2019, Charlie now also oversees Royal Sands Social Club. In this role, he is in charge of two of the largest bars in Washington DC. When not overseeing massive crowds in Navy Yard, Charlie enjoys spending time with his wife Jessica and 9 pound shih tzu Fiona. His hobbies include 3 minute office breaks, visiting different Subway franchises to compare bread quality, complaining about being mistaken for Ashton Kutcher and scouring the internet for skinny cut European shirts and ties.