Adega

"Adega is Portuguese for “wine cellar,” and following suit, this dining room stocks over 200 vintages that are rarely seen on these Western shores. It's the ethos here, where Chef David Costa and Pastry Chef Jessica Carreira create an appetizing menu with a perfect blend of pristine local produce and top-notch, imported ingredients.Seafood is a focus, and diners shouldn't miss the likes of a dressed-up take on Portugal's culinary backbone—bacalhau. In this rendition, it is moist and flavorful, and arranged over crisp potatoes. Succulent carabineros are marinated in lemongrass and seaweed, then topped with caviar.Chef Carreira’s desserts, like flan, layered with caramelized sugar and gilded with a quenelle of vanilla ice cream, are equally notable." - Michelin Inspector

Exciting Restaurants to Try in San Jose 2025 | Eater

"Adega is a modern, seven-course Portuguese restaurant with a pre-fixe menu. Delights such as pumpkin rice with a pumpkin seed lattice, pera mille feuille, and carangueijo (crab salad) with passion fruit foam served in the crab’s shell. An extensive list of more than 500 Portuguese wines nods to the restaurant’s Portuguese namesake (Adega means “cellar” in Portuguese) and the family’s Iberian heritage. The beauty on the plate is matched by the original blue and white tile works on the wall, a nod to the traditional craftwork found all over the Iberian Peninsula." - Christina Marie Mueller

You're Not Imagining It, Restaurants Really Do Save the Best Tables For Reservations | Bon Appétit

"This Michelin-starred Portuguese fine-dining restaurant in San José was deliberately designed to avoid seats near kitchens or bathrooms, yet staff acknowledge there are always one or two tables guests prefer less. Problem spots include a table where the dining room meets the bar and waiting area and another that sits in a pathway to the kitchen; depending on how busy it is, one or both may be kept off the reservation map for walk-ins, but hosts always show those tables to guests and get their explicit approval before seating them." - ByMaggie Hennessy

San Jose’s Only Michelin-Starred Restaurant Adega Returns From Closure - Eater SF

"Less than a year after shutting down operations at Adega, the owners have announced a comeback. The Mercury News reports that owners Carlos and Fernanda Carreira are reopening the popular Portuguese restaurant on Friday, November 15, at its previous location, 1614 Alum Rock Avenue. The Carreiras had transformed the location into a second branch of their casual restaurant Petiscos at the start of 2024, but the demand for Adega's return was strong. With a solid team at the Petiscos location on South First Street, the Carreiras felt it was time to bring back Adega with its fine dining experience." - Dianne de Guzman

36 Notable San Francisco Restaurant and Bar Openings to Know This October 2024 - Eater SF

"The Mercury News shares the triumphant return of Adega, the San Jose-based Michelin-starred restaurant that closed down in December 2023. Owners Carlos and Fernanda Carreira swapped the Alum Rock Avenue address to a second location of their casual restaurant Petiscos in January 2024, but told the Merc that longtime Adega customers wanted the restaurant back, and they were finally in a good place to return." - Justine Jones