The owners of Persimmon in Bethesda passed the torch of ownership to three employees Monday afternoon after 25 years. Stephanie and Damian Salvatore had been contemplating selling Persimmon for the past couple of years. “It wasn’t an overnight decision,” Stephanie said. “It just evolved to where we were able to connect, and when we finally talked to the employees, I was really excited that they wanted to purchase it. It just took a while to make sure that’s what we wanted to do, both personally [and] professionally.”
