Anna Weinberg

Park Tavern Brunch Strikes It Rich

​It's almost impossible to pass Washington Square Park without taking note of Park Tavern, the nascent brasserie-style restaurant from Marlowe team Anna Weinberg and Jennifer Puccio. Raw wooden tables and metal bistro chairs line the sidewalk, occupied by diners sipping craft cocktails and nibblin ... More >>

Park Tavern: Casual Dining for the Wealthy

Park Tavern Has Its Audience Figured Out

Melissa BarnesPark Tavern's smoked deviled eggs.​Most restaurants take a few, financially perilous months to settle into their own skins. The tables get rearranged to improve the feng shui of the dining room. Slackoff servers are fired and wobbly line cooks are replaced. The kitchen masters the op ... More >>

Q&A With Park Tavern's Jennifer Puccio: On Ed Moose, Ovens, and Burgers

MarloweJennifer Puccio, chef of Marlowe and the new Park Tavern.​Jennifer Puccio, the chef of Park Tavern -- the subject of this week's full-length restaurant review -- cooked at Cortez, Ubuntu, and Ramblas before settling in at Marlowe almost two years ago. As I was gearing up for this week's rev ... More >>

Zeitgeist Finally Does Away With the Honey Pots, Monroe Opens Soon

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. Eater SF and SFist bring good news and bad news: Zeitgeist is finally replacing the Porta-Potties in the beer garden with actual bathrooms. The bad news: The bar is closing until Feb. 14 in ... More >>

Pudong Opens in Old Mecca Spot, Marlowe to Take Over Joey & Eddie's

​ ​The past 24 hours in gossip, innuendo, and cold hard facts about the San Francisco restaurant scene. UrbanDaddy led the media swarm surrounding yesterday's opening of Pudong (2029 Market, 252-0700, www.pudongsf.com), in the expansive space that used to house Mecca. The pitch: French-Chinese ... More >>

Marlowe Opens Tomorrow, Softly

J. Birdsall​Following a friends-and-family service tonight, Marlowe is planning a quiet, walk-ins only opening at dinner tomorrow, with a rezzie-taking formal opening Wednesday (lunch kicks off a week from today). Check out our early peek at Jennifer Puccio's opening menu for the SOMA restaura ... More >>

Ownership Shuffle Behind the Concept Change at South Food Wine Bar in SOMA

Roving I/FlickrLuke Mangan: The Sydney chef is out.​At SFGate last night, Inside Scoop broke the news that South Food Wine Bar (330 Townsend at Fourth St.) was dropping its Ozzie concept, closing Dec. 19, and relaunching in early 2010 with an American-inspired menu under new-hire chef Jennif ... More >>