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Gary Danko - 800 North Point St San Francisco, CA 94109 (415) 749-2060

the award-winning chef who has come to epitomize sophisticated contemporary cuisine, has opened Gary Danko.

Gary Danko is a chef in San Francisco, California. Raised in Massena in upstate New York, Danko combines French, Mediterranean, and American styles into his cooking. He is best known for his namesake restaurant, Gary Danko.

Danko first started cooking at the local Village Inn restaurant at just 14 years old. By the time he graduated high school, he had been exposed to every position in the restaurant. Danko completed his culinary education at The Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York. He relocated to San Francisco in 1977 and worked as a waiter at the Waterfront Restaurant. Chef Danko returned to New York to enroll in Madeleine Kamman's class at Peter Kump's New York Cooking School in 1983. In 1985, Danko became the executive chef at Beringer Vineyards. He later became the executive chef at Chateau Souverain in Sonoma County. In 1995, Danko left to become the chef of the Dining Room at the San Francisco

Diners select from three, four or five prix-fixe menu courses. Danko's signature dishes include roast Maine lobster with white corn, tarragon and chanterelles, pancetta wrapped frog legs with garlic purée, and roasted quail stuffed with mushrooms and foie gras. Most dishes are served year round, but ingredients are adjusted seasonally to emphasize local produce. In late spring, Danko's seared foie gras is paired with Bing cherries, but in early fall, with roast figs