Peachy the Magazine October November 2014 | Page 80

Atlanta
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Anna Wagner

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Better Half (photo right)
My restaurant obsession is with a little place
called Better Half. The
restaurant is named after
the chef’s better half,
his wife. She works the
hostess stand while the
chef (Zach Meloy) is

cooking right at the open
bar. Pull up a stool and
ask him about what he’s
adding to the dish. The
restaurant was made
possible by a kick start
campaign after they held
private dinners (called
Pushstart Kitchen) in
their loft in an artist
community where they
welcomed strangers into
their home and cooked
for them. We went to
Photo: Better Half

Anna Zarcone Wagner
grew up in Durham, North
Carolina and attended
the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill.
After college she ventured
to Atlanta where she fell
in love with the big city
life while still being in the
South. Anna has spent the
last 17 years working in
Atlanta radio selling advertising campaigns including
on air, events, digital and

social media. After meeting Brian Wagner through
a radio station event, she
married Brian (her best
friend) and had two children.
In recent years Anna has
enjoyed the flexibility of a job
share which enables her to
stay active in her career yet
allows her to be room mom
to her kindergartner Sam
and spend time with her
2½-year-old daughter Zoe.