CENTRAL PARK— In one of the strangest moves yet for one of New York’s most famous restaurants—and one of the highest grossing restaurants in the country—Tavern on the Green announced it will be opening a 43,000 square foot restaurant in San Francisco in summer ‘09. that is the first day the owners are branching out beyond their Central Park setting, but they are doing it with gusto. The restaurant will be the biggest in all of San Francisco, it will be located on top of the Metreon film theater, and 75% of the space will be committed to private events. They plan to bank heavily on out of towner traffic from the conference center next door, and whether you take into consideration the other cities they were looking at—Las Vegas and Miami—big conference and tourist dollars were always the main goals: “We want to take

full advantage of the San Francisco diner, as well as the 8 million people that go through the conference center each year,” the COO told SF commerce Times. And who will be manning the kitchen at that behemoth? Brian Young former chef de cuisine at Le Bernardin and executive chef at Citarella.
· N.Y.’s renowned Tavern On The Green to open S.F.’s biggest restaurant [BizTimes]
· Breaking: Tavern on the Green Coming to Town [Eater SF]
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