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OVERVIEW

ABOUT

Clark Wolf Company is a food, restaurant, hospitality business consulting firm. We work with clients from small business owners to large property holders.

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Clark Wolf is one of America's top restaurant consultants. He is also a writer, speaker, and host for television and radio.

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CLIENTS

Clark Wolf Company has consulted to major hotel companies, such as Hilton, Loews, Four Seasons, and Marriott, and to venerable institutions like Princeton University,  Grand Central Terminal, Lincoln Center, and to numerous independent operators.

SERVICES

We provide high level and detailed advisement for clients - from small business owners to large property holders - to build profitable, top-quality operations from the ground up and redevelop existing ones into fresh, competitive operations.

"Every shelf, every menu item, every flavor is its own little business...adding up to the largest industry in the world: Food"
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ABOUT US

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.

OUR CLIENTS INCLUDE

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Restaurants & Cafes
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Hotels, Resorts & Casinos
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Property Holders & Managers
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Entertainment Venues
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Casual Business Meeting
At the Supermarket
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Public & Private Institutions
Accounting Firms
Specialty Food Retailers
Real Estate Developers
Cheese at Market
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Food & Beverage Producers
Marketing Boards
Public Relations Firms
Marketplace & Food Halls
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OUR SERVICES INCLUDE

General Consulting
Operational Analysis
Strategic Development
Concept Analysis & Development
Programming
Merchandising
Financial Analysis & Development
Marketplace Planning & Development
Business Planning & Development
Feasibility/Opportunity Analysis
Menu Analysis & Development
Restaurant & Kitchen Planning
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