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'''Stars''' was a landmark restaurant in [[San Francisco, California]] from 1984 through 1999. Along with [[Spago]], Michael's and [[Chez Panisse]] it is considered one of the birthplaces of [[California Cuisine]], [[New American cuisine]], and the institution of the [[celebrity chef]].▼
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▲'''Stars''' was a landmark restaurant in [[San Francisco, California]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/25/review-whatever-happened-to-jeremiah-tower-this-film-tells-all/|title=Review: Whatever happened to Jeremiah Tower? This film tells all|date=2017-04-25|work=The Mercury News|access-date=2018-06-10|language=en-US}}</ref> from 1984 through 1999. Along with [[Spago]], [[Michael's (restaurant)|Michael's]] and [[Chez Panisse]], it is considered one of the birthplaces of [[California Cuisinecuisine]], [[New American cuisine]], and the institution of the [[celebrity chef]].
 
== History ==
 
Chef [[Jeremiah Tower]], former chef of [[Chez Panisse]], opened Stars at 150 Redwood Alley near San Francisco's City Hall in 1984, together with investors from [[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]]'s Fourth Street Grill and Santa Fe Bar and Grill. With an opulent interior, a busy open kitchen, and an unabashed preference for [[socialites]] and [[celebrities]], Stars and its pioneering approach to food and dining became an instant sensation. <ref name="fall">{{cite news | author=Kim Severson | publisher=San Francisco Chronicle | title= The rise and fall of a star: How the king of California Cuisine lost an empire | date= September 29, 1999| url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/09/29/FD52895.DTL}}</ref>
 
The restaurant was among the top-grossing restaurantseateries in the United States for years. Tower opened branches of Stars restaurant in [[Oakville, California|Oakville]] ([[Napa Valley]]), [[Palo Alto]], [[Manila]], and [[Singapore]]. He opened The Peak Cafe in [[Hong Kong]] in the 1990s, as well as various related ventures in San Francisco including a more casual [[Coffeehouse|cafe]] and an upscale [[bistro]] Stars Cafe, next door, another Starsrestaurant nearby known as Speedo 690 located at on690 Van Ness Avenue, described by Tower as "romantic Polynesian cuisine" and a kitchenware shop .<ref name="fall"/>. TheHis side ventures allinvariably failed, and by the late 1990s theeven flagshipStars restaurant wasbegan losing money rapidly, unabledue to its inability to attract enoughsufficient numbers of affluent diners towho could support itsthe highrestaurant's operationshigh costoverhead.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1998/06/11/BU78748.DTL|publisher=San Francisco ChornicleChronicle|date=June 11, 1998|title=Jeremiah Tower Sells Part Stake in Stars}}</ref> Stars closed for business in late 1999, after which a "bittersweet" Tower declared that he was done with California.<ref name="fall"/>.
 
After Tower's departure the restaurant was reopened briefly in by new investors under the same name but with a less expensive, Mediterranean concept.<ref>{{cite news | title=Fernandez to Don the Chef's Toque at New Stars | date=September 29, 1999 | url = http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/1999/09/29/FD48875.DTL | author=Kim Severson | publisher=San Francisco Chronicle }}</ref> In 2004 it became the new location of San Francisco's [[Trader Vic's]]'s, which had been closed since 1994. The Palo Alto location of Stars became a branch of [[Wolfgang Puck]]'s Spago Restaurant in 1997. [[Steve Ells]], founder of [[Chipotle Mexican Grill]], served for two years as a sous-chef under [[Jeremiah Tower]]<ref name="pitts">{{cite news
|url=http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/23632
|title=Steve Ells Profile
|publisher=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Marlene Parrish, June 04, 2007}}</ref> at Stars.
 
== ChefsNotable who worked at Starschefs ==
 
Several independently noteworthy chefs worked at Stars. Stars alumni include:
Stars launched the careers of some of the [[San Francisco Bay Area|Bay Area]]'s most renowned chefs, some of whom have gone on to international fame. Among the Stars alumni are:
 
* [[Dominique Crenn]] (Chef and Owner of [[Atelier Crenn]] and Petit Crenn){{Cn|date=March 2023}}
* [[Joey Altman]] (Bay Cafe television program, Wild Hare restaurant)<ref name="fall" />
* [[Mario Batali]] (Entertainment personality, Food Network)
* [[Brendan Walsh]] (Chef/Dean of Culinary Education at The Culinary Institute of America - Hyde Park, NY){{Cn|date=March 2023}}
* [[Steve Ells]] (founder and CEO of [[Chipotle Mexican Grill]])
* [[Mario Batali]] (Entertainment personality and chef, Food Network star)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/jeremiah-tower-a-forgotten-father-of-the-american-food-revolution|title=Jeremiah Tower, a Forgotten Father of the American Food Revolution|work=The New Yorker|access-date=2018-06-10|language=en-US}}</ref>
* [[Mark Franz]] (Farallon)
* [[Steve Ells]] (founder and Executive Chairman of [[Chipotle Mexican Grill]])<ref name="pitts">{{ cite news | url = http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/23632 | title = Steve Ells Profile | publisher = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Marlene Parrish, June 04, 2007 }}</ref>
* Tim Grable (pastry chef, One Market and Fifth Floor)
* [[Emily Luchetti]] (pastry chef, Farallon)<ref name="fall" />▼
* Loretta Keller (Chef-owner, Bizou/Coco500 and The Moss Room),
* [[Jerry Traunfeld]]{{Cn|date=March 2023}}▼
▲* [[Emily Luchetti]] (pastry chef, Farallon)
* [https://www.waterbarsf.com/mark-franz Mark Franz] (Farallon, Waterbar)
* [[Ron Garrido]] (Chef-owner, Avalon in Eureka, CA)
* [https://giannis-steakhouse.com/about/ Steve Vranian]
▲* [[Jerry Traunfeld]]
* [https://www.pacgourmet.com/bruce-hill/ Bruce Hill] (Picco, Bix)
* Clark Frasier and Mark Gaier (Chefs/Owners of Arrows Restaurant - Ogunquit, ME)
* Bob Hurley (Hurley's)
* Richard Katz
 
* David Spitsen (Appetizer chef, Seattle Stars)
==See also==
* Abdul Boury (Executive Chef, Café Harlequin [http://www.cafeharlequin.com], Kirkland, WA)
* [[Category:List of New American restaurants]]▼
* Michael Schrader (Executive Chef, Epic [http://www.epicrestaurantchicago.com] Chicago, IL)
* Chris Colburn (Chef de Cuisine of The Chanticleer - Nantucket, MA)
 
== References ==
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== Further reading ==
* {{cite episode |title= Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent |series= CNN Films|network= CNN |airdate= November 12, 2017 }}
 
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