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.
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]
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]
