Sir and Star

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| image_caption = The Olema (right) before being repainted from bright white to near black by its current owners

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| closed = {{End date|2024}}

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| previous-owner = Dana and Jennifer Sulprizio

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| head-chef = Daniel DeLong

| food-type = Farm to table

| dress-code = Casual

| rating = 4 stars

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| seating-capacity = 85

| reservations = Yes

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| other-locations = Manka's Inverness Lodge, Inverness, California

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{{Infobox hotel

| hotel_name = The Olema

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| address = 10,000 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard

| location_city = Olema, California 94950

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United States
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| opening_date = {{Start date|1876|07|04}}

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| owner = Daniel DeLong

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Sir and Star was a restaurant founded in 2012. It was located in The Olema, a historic restaurant and inn built in 1876. The restaurant was at the corner of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Star Route One in Olema, California. Olema is located in West Marin County {{convert|1|mi|km|1|abbr=off}} from the Bear Valley portal to the Point Reyes National Seashore.

Early days

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The building was constructed by the area's original Spanish land grantee, Rafael Garcia, in 1876 as part of a {{Convert|9,000|acre|adj=on}} land grant from Mexico. John Nelson, the stage coach company owner that ran a stage from Olema to San Rafael, won the inn from Felix Garcia, Rafael's son, in a game of chance. The Nelsons owned the inn for three generations thereafter. The inn was a popular place of respite for local workers.

The name Olema has significant historical heritage originating from the over 125 adjacent Miwok Indian villages. In the Miwok language, Olemaloke roughly translates to "little coyote".

During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake the road near the inn was heavily damaged.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

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In 2006 the inn and restaurant went on the market for US$ 3.6 million.

In 2010 the Olema Inn was purchased by chefs Daniel DeLong and Margaret Grade, repainted from bright white to nearly black, and rechristened as Sir and Star at The Olema. Sir and Star is a portmanteau of Sir Francis Drake Boulevard and Star Route One.

In 2023, the restaurant closed for renovations and was expected to reopen by 2024, but it instead permanently closed after Grade passed away in a car accident.{{cite web | title=Marin history: What happened to the Olema Hotel? | website=Marin Independent Journal | date=2025-05-06 | url=https://www.marinij.com/2025/05/05/marin-history-what-happened-to-the-olema-hotel/ }}{{cite news|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/17/dining/margaret-grade-dead.html|title = Margaret Grade, Whose California Inn Was Beloved by Stars, Dies at 72|last = Severson|first = Kim|date = March 17, 2024|accessdate = March 17, 2024|newspaper = The New York Times|url-access = limited}}

References

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{{cite web|url=http://www.pointreyes.org/olema-marin-county.html|title=Olema California | West Marin Point Reyes Chamber of Commerce | Point Reyes National Seashore | Marin Coast {{as written|Vis|tors [sic]}} Guide|author=|date=|work=PointReyes.org|access-date=February 19, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115050618/http://www.pointreyes.org/olema-marin-county.html | archive-date=2016-11-15 | url-status=dead}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SOMETHING-DIFFERENT-The-Olema-Inn-Historic-and-2541146.php|title=Something Different: The Olema Inn / Historic and haunted inn / Popular Marin County restaurant and lodgings available for $3.3 million|author=|date=|website=SFGate|access-date=October 28, 2015}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.marinmagazine.com/October-2007/Olema/|title=Olema|author=|date=September 17, 2007|work=marinmagazine.com|access-date=October 28, 2015}}

{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/restaurants/diningout/article/Sir-and-Star-at-Olema-Inn-review-4588437.php|title=Sir and Star at Olema Inn review|author=|date=|work=SFGate|access-date=October 28, 2015}}

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