Adega

Adega was a Portuguese restaurant in the Little Portugal neighborhood of San Jose, California. Established in 2015, in 2016 it became the city's first restaurant to be awarded a Michelin star. In summer 2023, the owners announced that the restaurant would close at the end of the year, to be replaced by a second location of Petiscos, a more casual Portuguese restaurant with the same chefs.

History
Adega (Portuguese for "wine cellar") opened in late 2015 as a cafe. It is located in the Little Portugal neighborhood of San Jose, and replaced Sousa's, also a Portuguese restaurant, which had occupied the building for 33 years. The owners are Carlos and Fernanda Carreira, who are wine importers and local residents; the chefs are their daughter Jessica Carreira, a patissier, and her husband David Costa, who met while working at Eleven, a two Michelin star restaurant in Lisbon. The restaurant serves traditional Portuguese food.

Michelin star
In October 2016 Adega was awarded a Michelin star, the first for a restaurant in San Jose and the second for a Portuguese restaurant in the US; Carreira, 23 years old, is also one of the youngest chefs to receive the award, and one of few women.

The restaurant retained its star in 2017 but lost it in 2018; it regained it in 2021.

Spin-off restaurants
In November 2019, the owners of Adega opened a bakery and café in downtown San Jose, Pastelaria Adega. In November 2020, in the SoFA District, they opened Petiscos, a casual restaurant offering small plates, which in 2023 was added to the Michelin Guide and subsequently to the Bib Gourmand list.

Closure
In July 2023, it was announced that Adega would close in December 2023 and be replaced by a second location of Petiscos.