Brian Malarkey

Brian Malarkey has created 15 wildly successful restaurants across the United States including Herb & Wood, his newest concept in San Diego's buzzing gastronomic neighborhood of Little Italy, which Zagat named one of the country's biggest restaurant openings of 2016, USA Today named one of the country's 10 best restaurants, Eater San Diego named Restaurant of the Year, and the San Diego Union Tribune described as, "the most thoughtful, exquisitely executed, stylish restaurant of the year." Chef Malarkey is also the chef/partner of Herb & Eatery, a chef market and elevated fast-casual cafe, connected to Herb & Wood, and partner/operator of three healthy, fast-service restaurants in San Diego named Green Acre, and Farmer & The Seahorse. Malarkey's other restaurants, under the management of Hakkasan Group - a worldwide entertainment, dining, nightlife, and hospitality company, include Searsucker (San Diego, Del Mar, Austin, Las Vegas) and Herringbone (La Jolla, Santa Monica, Las Vegas, H