Manresa is the showcase for the inventive cuisine of Executive Chef David Kinch. Influenced by French and modern Catalan cooking, Chef Kinch finds inspiration from European traditions and refinement, American ingenuity and the vast bounty that California has to offer. Manresa's biodynamic vegetables are grown exclusively for Manresa at Cynthia Sandberg's Love Apple Farm in the nearby Santa Cruz Mountains and harvested in the morning for the evening menu.

The restaurant's name comes from the medieval town in the Catalonia region of northern Spain famous for its Gothic basilica and monastery as well as from a beautiful stretch of beach south of Santa Cruz, which the Jesuits of early California named Manresa.

You are invited to join us in a relaxed atmosphere of casual sophistication for seasonal Modernista dinners, "Cooking with Friends" guest chef series and special wine tasting events hosted by Manresa throughout the year.

Manresa is open for dinner Wednesday through Saturday from 5:30 p.m., and Sunday from 5:00 p.m. Reservations are recommended. You'll find Manresa tucked away at 320 Village Lane—a romantic side street that exudes the charm of Los Gatos.

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The Sake Dinner Join David Kinch and Alder Yarrow of Vinography for the finest sakes in the world, including "Divine Droplets," the only sake produced in an igloo. See our calendar of special dinners for more details. Also visit the Manresa News Blog and Love Apple Farm.