On June 22, 2010, long time friends Kevin Toomajian and Jim Gruettner opened Marengo on Union. Marengo is a relaxed, yet sophisticated place to enjoy delicious wines & whiskeys from all over the world, alongside a menu of fresh and perfectly paired ingredients. The family-run restaurant has quickly become a neighborhood favorite.
The food at Marengo is inspired by Chef Rayna Toomajian and is American in spirit. We use local, organic and seasonal ingredients wherever possible with a few southern touches from her home town of Austin, Texas. The menu features twenty-one gourmet sliders, large fresh salads and delicious appetizers. Our buns are baked fresh daily by Chestnut Bakery, our meat is sourced locally from Biagio Artisan Meats and
all our dressings and sauces are made from scratch in-house.
Marengo’s drink menu features a sixty-plus bottle wine list with over twenty selections available by-the-glass; a variety of craft beers brewed locally and abroad; over a hundred whiskey offerings from Scotland to Japan to Ireland to Kentucky to Alameda, California & hand-crafted cocktails using fresh juices and ingredients.
This means we have something for everyone.
​Our unique space has intimate dining in the front of the restaurant and our Whiskey Bar in the back, all situated under two retractable glass roofs. Marengo’s design is an interpretation of the comfortable, neighborhood gathering place which has unfolded to be simple, urban and functional. On game