Clark Wolf Company was formed in 1986 to provide consulting services to food, restaurant, and hospitality businesses and to organizations requiring the services of such businesses.

 

In the late 1970’s Wolf had a chance meeting that led to a lasting friendship with the legendary James Beard.  He then opened the San Francisco branch of the Oakville Grocery and retooled the iconic original Napa Valley store.

 

In 1982, he was brought to Manhattan by Barbara Kafka to open and run Star Spangled Foods.  One year later, Wolf began traveling, lecturing, consulting to specialty food retail stores and doing some ancillary restaurant consulting.  After being recommended to The Santo Group by John Mariani, Wolf and Joe Santo created Arizona 206. They then collaborated on the re-do of The Sign of the Dove (earning three stars in the New York Times), Yellowfingers and Arizona Café.

 

In 1986 Wolf formed Clark Wolf Company.  In 1989 we began consulting to Jonathan Tisch and Loews Hotels, with whom we worked on eighteen hotels. In 1994, he opened his own restaurant, The Markham, in New York City.  After a successful run, Wolf sold his part of The Markham to refocus on Clark Wolf Company.

 

For over 35 years, Clark Wolf Company's primary office was in New York City and for 20 years had a second office in Northern California.  Since 2020, the company is headquartered in Sonoma County, California.