Le P’tit Laurent, the popular bistro at the intersection of Chenery and Diamond streets, has been sold to an as-yet unnamed buyer who plans to keep it open as a French restaurant, with the same kitchen team.
Laurent Legendre, the owner who started the restaurant in 2007, said the new owners didn’t want their identity known yet, but that they have “some” other restaurants in San Francisco. A sign in the window says an application for a transfer of the alcohol license was filed by Jweiny LLC on Oct. 15.
The sale includes the restaurant business and the real estate, including both the corner building and the one next door housing Higher Grounds coffee house, which Legendre said would remain open.
The changeover will probably happen by early December, he said, and sometime after the details are completed, Legendre plans to join his wife and sons, who moved back to France in August. Before he goes, he promised, Legendre will host a farewell party for all his Glen Park fans.
Seems like Manhal Jweinat, who already owns the building, bought the restaurant? A search of public records reveals that the LLC behind the new liquor license is registered to Jweinat, who also owns Manzoni and Higher Grounds.
Thank you for your years of a great menu for all of us in Glen Park. Wish you and your family the best in France.
I will miss him. Who will know my favorite table? I’m glad it will remain French.
You will be enormously missed, Laurent! Glen Park is eternally grateful for all you have given to our neighborhood: good food, good community and a small bit of France. Merci beaucoup! Best to you and your family.
Thank you for your years of delicious service. Oh, how we’ll miss your kindness, and your French Onion Soup. Parfait!
Such a wonderful local institution. Thank you so much and good luck on the next step in your life. I dearly hope the new owners preserve Le P’tit Laurent as is!
Truly a gem! I’m glad it will remain as a French restaurant with the same kitchen team.
I was just there last Thursday, unaware that sincere farewell to Laurent was in order..it’s my favorite restaurant in the Bay Area. I often come up from the Peninsula.
Pat Grabinsky
Thank you for the good food, conversation, and memories!!
Le P’tit Laurent is a cherished restaurant for my family. Special announcements, birthdays, engagements, anniversaries…have been celebrated there. We are happy for Laurent, that he has found a buyer, and happy for the neighborhood that it will continue on as a French restaurant. It holds a place in our hearts, and we will miss Laurent and what he created on our village corner.
Very exciting! We only went there a couple of times because there were so few vegetarian choices, it would be great if the new owners decide to spruce up the menu!
We’ll be sorry to see you go, Laurent! So glad to hear the restaurant will live on, but you will be missed. We were just in, unaware of the changes to come.
Merci to Laurent for the many wonderful dinners and the warmest of greetings. Your restaurant added a wonderful charm to “Downtown Glen Park”. We wish you and your family the best. Dawn
Hello Laurent. We will surely miss you already. If you are opening up a new place in France let me know where and we will stop by there. Good luck and Bon Voyage.
such a huge bummer, I’ve been going since they opened. I even did a project in college about Laurent and his restaurants. best of luck! I will sincerely miss you.
Thank you for wonderful food, a warm and gracious atmosphere, always welcoming me, and the very best dining experience ever in San Francisco. Of course I wish you and your family well, yet admit to being selfishly sad you are leaving! Merci, bonne chance et au revoir!
Laurent, you will be missed in many, many ways. Thank you for the many meals you have served to my family and friends over the years and creating a slice of Paris in San Francisco…
Best of luck in France – à bientôt.
We will miss this genuinely French restaurant in the neighborhood. I understand Laurent would want to return France. Good luck to him and his family.
Au Revior Laurent! we will greatly miss your warm welcome at Le P’tit!
Bon Chance Mon Ami!