Anna Weinberg (restaurateur)

Anna Weinberg has been a restaurateur since the late 1990s. Before that, she was an actress. Weinberg is a co-owner and managing partner of Big Night Restaurant Group.

When she was living in NYC and working in restaurants, she met Melissa O’Donnell and when she was 23, they opened a restaurant named Stella.

Early life

Weinberg grew up in Waiheke Island, New Zealand and moved to New York City when she was 19. She moved to San Francisco with James Nicholas, her business partner and future husband (they have since divorced).

Career

Along with Nancy Oakes and Ken Fulk, she opened Tosca Cafe in North Beach, San Francisco. They took over the spot in 2019 from previous owners April Bloomfield and Ken Friedman.

She has been involved with several other restaurants including Marlowe’s, Park Tavern, The Cavalier, Petit Marlowe, Leo’s Oyster Bar, Marianne’s, and Cow arlowe.

She has said Jonathan Waxman, with whom she worked at Barbuto taught her everything she knows.