Mago Restaurant

Born ins SF and raised in the North Bay and Folsom, Mark Liberman actually spent his youth watching old PBS cooking shows, playing GI Joe with his brothers and being a competitive gymnast. He graduated from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York and has never looked back.  

He has had the privilege of working for Chefs Roland Passot, Daniel Boulud, Joel Robuchon and Luciano Pellegrino to name a few. He has opened restaurants for other chefs and with partners in various cities but Mägo is the first solo one.

Theresa Liberman, co-owner and Mark’s wife, will be teaching classes and sharing her cheese expertise through Mägo’s educational programs. A User Experience Researcher at Google without a professional culinary background, Theresa developed her knowledge of cheese by taking classes at the San Francisco Cheese School. Between educational classes and research, she has taught herself about the vast world of cheese and will be designing the cheese program on the menu at  Mägo in addition to creating educational courses for kids and adults to share her knowledge of various types of cheeses, how to select cheeses and the best ways to serve it.