Sir and Star

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 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) from the Bear Valley portal to the Point Reyes National Seashore.

Sir and Star
The Olema (right) before being repainted from bright white to near black by its current owners
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Restaurant information
Closed	2024 (2024)
Previous owner(s)	Dana and Jennifer Sulprizio
Head chef	Daniel DeLong
Food type	Farm to table
Dress code	Casual
Rating	4 stars
Coordinates	38.040744°N 122.787743°W / 38.040744; -122.787743
Seating capacity	85
Reservations	Yes
Other locations	Manka's Inverness Lodge, Inverness, California
Website	Official website

The Olema
General information
Address	10,000 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard
Town or city	Olema, California 94950
Country	United States West Marin county
Opening	July 4, 1876 (1876-07-04)
Owner	Daniel DeLong
Technical details
Floor count	2
Other information
Number of rooms	8
Number of restaurants	1
Parking	On site

Early days

The road outside the inn had large earthquake-caused fissures in 1906.

The building was constructed by the area's original Spanish land grantee, Rafael Garcia, in 1876 as part of a 9,000-acre (3,600 ha) 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.^[1][2]

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".^[3]

During the 1906 San Francisco earthquake the road near the inn was heavily damaged.^{[citation needed]}

The Olema Ranch barn is adjacent to the inn

In 2006 the inn and restaurant went on the market for US$ 3.6 million.^[2]

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.^[4] 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.^[5][6]