About | One Market Restaurant

Chef/Partner Mark Dommen

Mark Dommen is a unique talent who has spent more than 20 years in the One Market Restaurant kitchen. After years of classical training with some of the world’s most eminent culinary masters, Dommen’s move to head One Market® Restaurant in 2004 marked his exciting return to the San Francisco dining scene. His modern take on American cuisine earned the restaurant a Michelin star in 2008-2012 and a 3 ½ star review from San Francisco Chronicle critic Michael Bauer. Dommen was also named a 2007 StarChefs.com “Rising Star”. Outside the restaurant he actively participates in numerous charitable and community endeavors.

Dommen’s career began at Fleur de Lys in San Francisco, where Chef Hubert Keller became Dommen’s mentor in the art of contemporary French cuisine. Dommen later spent four years in New York, honing his craft with one of his largest influences, Gray Kunz at Lespinasse and also with David Burke at Park Avenue Café. By the time he opened Palladin as Sous Chef for the legendary Chef Jean-Louis Palladin, his immersion in the art of French cuisine was well advanced. Dommen was next invited to join Julia’s Kitchen at Copia in Napa Valley as the opening Executive Chef. While he was at the helm, the restaurant was named one of Esquire magazine’s “Best New Restaurants.”

Dommen describes his approach to cooking as “blending the freshest, seasonal ingredients from California, while using the classic French techniques I have honed from my previous experiences.” His seasonally changing menu includes inventive farm-fresh dishes such as Lightly Smoked Tasmanian Trout Mi Cuit with potato rösti, organic chicken egg and pancetta vinaigrette; Dungeness Crab with green apple water and jalapeño sorbet; and Bacon-Wrapped Pork Tenderloin with dandelion “persillade,” salsify and natural jus, Grilled Tombo Tuna Salad with artichokes, fennel, Saffron Vinaigrette: Summer Agnolotti, Chantarelles, Confit tomato basil.

“I truly enjoy experimenting with the freshest of produce, seafood and meats to create entirely new and unexpected dishes,” says Dommen. “I make a point each day to ensure that the menu is a reflection of the finest raw materials prepared in a unique, delicious and artistic way.”

In 2020 in respose to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Mark and Founding Principal Michael Dellar created Mark’n Mike’s New York style delicatessen which has gained a loyal following and high media accolades.

’Some of Dommen’s favorite dishes to make when not in the kitchen at One Market Restaurant include pizza and barbequed beer-can chicken cooked over apple wood chips. He lives in Napa with his wife and two daughters and enjoys skiing, golf, gardening and fishing in his spare time.

Sommelier & Wine Director Tonya Pitts

An industry changemaker, Tonya Pitts is a wine professional who catapults wineries and winemakers into the mainstream. She is also a leader for diversity and inclusion in the hospitality, food and beverage industries.

Tonya is a certified sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers and a member of Les Dames d’Escoffier International. Her career has been shaped by women chefs and restaurant owners. As Sommelier & Wine Director for One Market Restaurant in San Francisco for 16 years, Tonya continues to curate a wine list with a bold style and flavor profile, including offerings by women, BIPOC and LBTIQA+ winemakers. Tonya’s wine programs for One Market Restaurant have annually received the Best of Award of Excellence from Wine Spectator.

Tonya is an active philanthropist and mentor. She established Women in Wine to improve representation in the industry. She also has taught University of San Francisco students on food and wine pairings. And she joined Wine Unify as an ambassador, advisory board member and mentor to people in the BIPOC and LGBTQ communities who are pursuing careers in the industry. Tonya is a core committee member of Batonnage Forum Mentorship Program, a board member for United Sommelier Foundation, Winebow’s Women in Leadership Wine Symposium and Teneral Cellars, who are dedicated to empowering and elevating women.

Tonya has been a an annual judge for the San Francisco International Wine Competition, a speaker at Culinary Institute of America Summit for Beverage Professionals, and an advisor for Areni Global, the Fine Minds4Fine Wines think tank in Europe. Her media appearances on behalf of One Market Restaurant include CBS This Morning, CNBC, ABC 7 News “Sips with Spencer” (video clip), Daily Beast, Wine & Spirits Magazine, Somm Journal, Tasting Panel, Wine Stream, Wonder Women of Wine, Imbibe and Wine Spectator.

Her recent appearances include judging for TEXSOMM and Wines of Loire Valley, Wine of Sicily and Gordon Ramsey’s Food Stars television show. She is a recent winner for Wine Director/ Sommelier of the Year 2022 by Wine Enthusiast Magazine’s Wine Star Award. Also, Tonya has a Honoree Legends Award for Sommelier of the Year 2021 with the Hue Society for the Wine & Roses Festival and Ebony Magazine’s Inaugural Black Sommeliers of the year 2023.

Private Events Manager Karen Almazan

Karen Almazan, Private Events Manager at One Market Restaurant, brings 13 years of dedicated service to her role. Karen has weathered the recent challenges in the city with resilience and ingenuity and has demonstrated exceptional creativity, moxie, and drive and brings those same qualities to her stewardship of the restaurant’s events, ranging from intimate gatherings to large meetings and buyouts.

Born in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, Karen began her hospitality career after moving to the United States. She joined One Market in September 2012 as a banquet server with no prior experience. She quickly advanced through roles at Red Café Corner, Toast Eatery, and Wayfare Tavern. By 2018, she became Banquet Captain at One Market, then Banquet Coordinator in 2022, and was promoted to Private Events Manager in 2023.

In March of 2024 Karen was recognized by the influential meetings and events magazine “Smart Women in Meetings” Read what they had to say about Karen’s accomplishments here: and see Karen’s own comments below.

Moment I Knew I Belonged in the Meetings Industry: After emigrating to the U.S. the first job I found was as a banquet server and then banquet captain. That opportunity to earn well and work with other service industry professionals in what felt immediately like a family was remarkably helpful and an important step in helping me acclimate to my new home. I knew I was in an industry where I belonged and in which I could build a strong foundation and future for myself and my daughter.

Welcoming Strategy: My professional background was as a Middle School teacher in my native city of Pachuca, Mexico. Just like teachers here in the U.S., part of my job was to ensure that my students felt welcome, comfortable and prepared to succeed and to excel. I hope I bring that same commitment to the One Market team and to our clients. The work of developing lesson plans for my students actually shares a lot of similarities with preparing event orders and the follow through for our clients.

Next Goal: My next goal is actually my present goal: stewarding the One Market Restaurant events program into what I am confident will be a full return to pre-pandemic levels of business. We’re on our way for sure but as San Francisco continues to battle outside narratives I want to be here and be a part of it as the city emerges in the post-pandemic era. San Francisco is still the most amazing, beautiful city in this country and I consider myself most fortunate to be here and at One Market Restaurant.

Outside of her professional life, Karen resides on Nob Hill, San Francisco, where she enjoys spending quality time with her daughter, Melissa. She loves going for long walks with her rescue Doberman Pinscher, Reese, and is an avid reader.

Front of House and Bar Director Oscar Davila

Though born and raised in San Antonio, Oscar has lived in San Francisco long enough to view himself much more as a Californian than a Texan. Oscar holds a BA in Dramatic Literature from Southwest Texas State and did post-graduate work in the UC-Santa Cruz film department. He still considers himself a proud UCSC Banana Slug!

His first taste of the hospitality life happened during a semester abroad in London and would continue upon his arrival in San Francisco working at several well-known spots including here at One Market Restaurant, Akimbo and Postrio. Oscar then set his sights on wine and received his Court of Master Sommeliers certification in 2012 and immediately set to work as a somm and wine buyer at La Mar and used his extensive and ever-expanding wine knowledge during his general manager tenures at Sous Berre, Cala and Sorrel.

But Oscar wasn’t quite done with One Market Restaurant as he returned post-pandemic to the position as Bar Manager and he believes the restaurant is either insane or of excellent taste to bring him back for a fourth time! The restaurant falls squarely in the camp of the latter, particularly with Oscar being promoted to the position of Front of House and Bar Director in September 2024, succeeded long-time General Manager/Partner Lorenzo Bouchard who retired.
In his spare time, Oscar is a British-Bake Off worthy home baker with a rapt at-work audience as well and he takes special pride in his parenting skills as devoted dog dad to his Schnauzers Hank and the recently departed Cowboy.

Oscar considers One Market his “second family” and the feeling is decidedly mutual.

History

Created by Chef Bradley Ogden and restaurateur, and still Managing Partner, Michael Dellar in 1993, One Market Restaurant has become a standard for sophisticated dining in San Francisco. For the past 14 years One Market has offered the award winning farm-to-table cuisine of Chef/Partner Mark Dommen. The restaurant sports views of the Ferry Building, F-Line Trolley and Bay Bridge. Featured are an open exhibition kitchen with a special “Chef’s Table”, a wood-fired grill and rotisserie, several private dining rooms, a vibrant bar, and caring professional service directed by General Manager/Partner Lorenzo Bouchard. One Market also boasts one of the city’s most impressive wine lists curated by Sommelier and Wine Director Tonya Pitts and a stellar cocktail program from Bar Manager Oscar Davila.