Anthony Myint

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Anthony Eric Myint (born May 5, 1978, Falls Church, Virginia) is an American chef, author, and restaurateur based in San Francisco, California. [1] [2]

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Myint is co-founder of several San Francisco restaurants, including Mission Chinese Food, The Perennial, Mission Street Food, Mission Cantina, Mission Burger, Lt. Waffle, and Commonwealth Restaurant. [3]

Early life

Myint was raised in Annandale, Virginia, by parents who had immigrated from Myanmar. He attended Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in Fairfax County, Virginia. [4] He later graduated from Carleton College with majors in economics and Asian studies. [5]

Culinary career

Myint moved to San Francisco in 2004 and worked as a line cook at Bar Tartine before founding Mission Street Food, a food truck enterprise. [6] He launched Mission Chinese Food inside Lung Shan restaurant in July 2010. [7]

In August 2010, Myint co-founded Commonwealth Restaurant, a charitable fine-dining venture in San Francisco. [8] Mission Chinese Food expanded to New York’s Lower East Side in February 2012. [9]

Myint opened Mission Bowling Club in early 2012, reviving his Mission Burger recipe at a bowling alley concept. [10]

In January 2016, Myint and co-founder Karen Leibowitz opened The Perennial, a restaurant focused on environmental sustainability, featuring produce from Zero Foodprint initiatives. [11] [12]

Culinary accolades

Myint was named one of the "Chow 13" most influential people in food by Chow.com in 2010. [13] Eater SF selected him as its Empire Builder of the Year for San Francisco in 2011. [14] Food & Wine magazine included him among its "40 Big Food Thinkers Under 40" for 2010. [15]

SF Weekly named Myint its Charitable Chef of the Year in 2009. [16] 7x7 magazine featured him in its "Hot 20" restaurants list for 2011. [17]

With Karen Leibowitz, Myint co-authored Mission Street Food: Recipes and Ideas from an Improbable Restaurant, published by McSweeney's in 2011. The New York Times named it a Notable Cookbook of 2011. [18]

References

  1. ↑ Barmann, Jay (March 31, 2011). "Mission Street Food Cookbook Goes Up for Pre-Sale". Grub Street San Francisco (archived). Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  2. ↑ Fabricant, Florence (February 14, 2012). "Mission Chinese Food Is Coming to New York". The New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Commonwealth Opens with Polished Cooking and a Deep Sense of Confidence". Commonwealth SF (archived). Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  4. ↑ "TJ Partnership Fund Newsletter" (PDF). TJ Partnership Fund. November 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Alumni Employment Statistics" (PDF). Carleton College Institutional Research. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Mobile Food Alert: The Truck Is Real, and It's Legit". Eater SF. October 3, 2008. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  7. ↑ Michael Bauer (March 6, 2011). "Mission Chinese Food review: Distinct, inexpensive". SFGate. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Commonwealth Opens with Polished Cooking and a Deep Sense of Confidence". Commonwealth SF (archived). Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  9. ↑ Fabricant, Florence (February 14, 2012). "Mission Chinese Food Is Coming to New York". The New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Bowling Alley: Mission Bowling Club". Eater SF. March 22, 2011. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Is the Perennial the Restaurant of the Future?". San Francisco Chronicle. January 15, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  12. ↑ Rao, Tejal (September 20, 2017). "San Francisco Chefs Serve Up a Message About Climate Change". The New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  13. ↑ "The 2010 CHOW 13". Chow.com (archived). September 28, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  14. ↑ "The Eater Awards 2010 San Francisco Winners, Announced!". Eater SF (archived). November 8, 2010. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  15. ↑ "Anthony Myint & Danny Bowien: Charitable Chefs". Food & Wine. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  16. ↑ "Best Charitable Chef: Anthony Myint". SF Weekly (archived). Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  17. ↑ "Hot 20 2011: Anthony Myint, restaurateur". 7x7 (archived). Retrieved August 30, 2025.
  18. ↑ Moskin, Julia; Fabricant, Florence; Wells, Pete; Fox, Nick (November 29, 2011). "Notable Cookbooks of 2011". The New York Times. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
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