Manresa (restaurant)

Manresa
Restaurant information
Established	2002; 23 years ago (2002)
Closed	December 31, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-12-31)
Owner(s)	David Kinch
Head chef	David Kinch
Chef	Nicholas Romero
Food type	La Selva Beach cuisine
Rating	(Michelin Guide)
Street address	320 Village Lane
City	Los Gatos
County	Santa Clara County
State	California
Postal/ZIP Code	95030
Country	United States
Coordinates	37.2273967°N 121.98076900000001°W / 37.2273967; -121.98076900000001
Website	www.manresarestaurant.com

Manresa was a restaurant in Los Gatos, California that specialized in California cuisine. It was founded in 2002 by chef David Kinch.[1] The Michelin Guide: San Francisco, Bay Area and Wine Country conferred two Michelin stars on the restaurant in 2007, and upgraded it to three stars in 2016.[2][3][4]

A two-alarm fire at Manresa caused substantial damage to the restaurant on July 7, 2014.[5] After extensive work and a complete kitchen rebuild, it re-opened on New Year's Eve, 2014.[6]

The San Francisco Chronicle rated the restaurant four stars in 2012 and 2015.[2][7] In 2012, Forbes rated Manresa the best restaurant in the United States.[8] The restaurant was also a finalist in the 2014 James Beard Foundation Award for Outstanding Restaurant.[9]

In November 2022, Kinch announced Manresa's closure with its final day being December 31 of that year.[10][11]

The restaurant subequently re-opened in 2024 as Ritual at Manresa: a venue where Kinch invites various Michelin-starred chefs to exhibit their cuisines for a month each.[12]

See also

• List of Michelin starred restaurants in San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California
• List of Michelin 3-star restaurants
• List of Michelin 3-star restaurants in the United States

References

1. Kinch, David (2013). Manresa: An Edible Reflection. Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-1-60774-397-2.^[page needed]
2. Bitker, Janelle (August 24, 2012). "Chef David Kinch thrives in Santa Cruz". SFGate. Hearst. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
3. Bitker, Janelle (October 20, 2015). "Michelin 2016 Stars for San Francisco Bay Area: Manresa elevated to three stars, Commis and Campton Place to two". SFGate. Hearst. Retrieved 2018-06-22.
4. "Michelin Stars". Manresa. November 2, 2007. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
5. "Manresa suffers early morning fire in Los Gatos [Updates]". Inside Scoop SF. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
6. "Los Gatos' Manresa reopening after devastating fire". SFGate. January 2015. Retrieved 2016-02-03.
7. Bauer, Michael (2015-02-28). "Manresa and Quince: Four stars goes stellar after remodels". SFChronicle.com. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
8. Olmsted, Larry (March 13, 2012). "Just Released — The 100 Best U.S. Restaurants?". Forbes.com. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
9. Reiss, Dawn (March 18, 2014). "The 2014 James Beard Awards finalists are announced". USAToday.com. Archived from the original on 2014-03-20. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
10. "Manresa in Los Gatos will close after 20 years, despite original plan to stay open". The Press Democrat. November 8, 2022.
11. Kadvany, Elena (November 7, 2022). "One of the Bay Area's only three-Michelin-starred restaurants is closing after 20 years". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2022-11-08.
12. de Guzman, Diane (December 14, 2023). "Manresa Reemerges As a Pop-Up Destination for a Bunch of Michelin-Starred Restaurant Chefs". Eater San Francisco.

External links

• Manresa Restaurant (defunct, archived Nov 8, 2022)
• Ritual at Manresa