Photo courtsey: Alba Restaurant
Raised in the restaurant business, Sean Weinberg accumulated his culinary skills in his parents’ Philadelphia restaurant, the Rose Tattoo Café. Upon graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York he continued his studies as apprentice in the American West Coast, Italy, and Mexico.
Menu influences derive from Weinberg’s travels and his integration into various culinary cultures along the way. Alba’s rural European wood-burning grill distinguishes the flavors of freshly picked local produce and adds endearing rustic hints of hickory and mesquite. Weinberg’s devotion to local flavors is manifested in his meals. All meats and cheeses that Weinberg features on his menu are produced on neighboring Pennsylvania farms, and he frequents these farms often to pick the produce necessary for evening dishes.
