LaSalette Restaurant

What LaSalette Restaurant does

LaSalette Restaurant is a single-location, independently owned fine-dining restaurant operating since 1998 at 452 First Street East, Suite H, in Sonoma, California. Founded and led by Chef Manuel Azevedo, the restaurant sells Portuguese-California fusion cuisine under the chef's signature "Cozinha Nova Portuguesa" concept, blending traditional Portuguese flavors and cooking techniques — including signature wood-oven preparations such as octopus, sardines, scallops, and whole branzino — with seasonal Northern California ingredients.

The core offering is on-premise dining across lunch and dinner service, six days per week (closed Wednesdays). Menu pricing is per-cover, with starters in the $14–$22 band, lunch specialties $18–$22, and dinner main plates $31–$42, alongside a curated wine list spanning Northern California and Portugal and an extensive Port and Madeira selection. Beyond dining, the restaurant generates ancillary revenue through physical and electronic gift cards and a branded cookbook, both sold via a Square e-commerce checkout.

The business is operated by a team of approximately 10 employees with no disclosed institutional investment, no parent company, and no multi-unit footprint. Reservations for parties of 1–4 are managed through an embedded OpenTable widget; larger-party reservations are handled directly, with a credit-card guarantee and a $40-per-person cancellation fee. Marketing is limited to the restaurant's own website, OpenTable listing, and organic Sonoma Valley tourism demand. There are no disclosed data, AI, or software product lines.

Name

LaSalette Restaurant

Legal name

LaSalette Restaurant

Website

https://lasaletterestaurant.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

LaSalette Restaurant is a privately owned, single-location fine-dining restaurant in Sonoma, California, founded in 1998 by Chef Manuel Azevedo, serving Portuguese-California fusion cuisine alongside a curated wine list to walk-in and reservation-based guests.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Portuguese-California Fine Dining Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

Keywords

• Portuguese fusion cuisine
• Fine dining restaurant
• Wine and Port selection
• Cozinha Nova Portuguesa
• Wood oven cooking

Headquarters

HQ city

Sonoma

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. On-premise Dining: Revenue from lunch and dinner service offering Portuguese-California fusion cuisine, with items ranging from starters ($14-$22) to main plates ($29-$42). Alcohol sales including Portuguese and Northern California wines, Port, and Madeira.
2. Gift Cards and Merchandise: Sale of physical gift cards, electronic gift certificates, and the LaSalette Cookbook through Square e-commerce platform.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

LaSalette Restaurant operates a single-location full-service restaurant at 452 First Street East, Sonoma, CA, serving Portuguese-California fusion cuisine under Chef Manuel Azevedo's signature Cozinha Nova Portuguesa concept. The restaurant offers lunch and dinner menus daily except Wednesdays, featuring wood-oven preparations, Portuguese classics such as Bacalhau no Forno and Caldeirada, and a curated Northern California and Portuguese wine list with an extensive Port and Madeira selection. Additional revenue comes from retail items including a branded cookbook and physical/electronic gift cards sold through Square.

Product overview

LaSalette Restaurant is a single-location dining establishment in Sonoma, CA, offering Portuguese-inspired cuisine under Chef Manuel Azevedo's 'Cozinha Nova Portuguesa' concept since 1998. The restaurant provides a unified dining experience through its lunch, dinner, and dessert menus featuring traditional Portuguese dishes adapted with California ingredients. Beyond dining services, the restaurant sells consumer products including a cookbook documenting its history and gift cards available in physical and electronic formats. Reservations are managed through OpenTable integration while retail products (cookbook, gift cards) are sold via Square e-commerce platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Lunch Menu Daily lunch service offering Portuguese-California fusion cuisine including soups, salads, cod cakes, sardines, octopus, scallops, and lunch specialty plates served at the Sonoma restaurant.
• Dinner Menu Evening dinner service featuring Portuguese-California starters and main plates, with signature wood-oven preparations such as Whole Wood Oven Roasted Branzino, Bacalhau no Forno, and Caldeirada (Portuguese Fisherman's Stew).
• Dessert Menu Dessert menu featuring Chocolate (chocolate mousse, caramelized banana, hazelnut ice cream), Traditional (rice pudding with madeira braised fig), Caramel (caramel apple cheesecake, cinnamon flan), Frigid (sorbets and ice creams), and Fruit (ruby poached pear, passion fruit cannoli) options, all priced at $12.
• Wine, Port & Madeira Selection Beverage program offering a concise, curated wine list featuring Northern California and Portuguese wines chosen to complement the cuisine, plus an extensive Port and Madeira list for after-dinner pairings.
• LaSalette Cookbook Physical cookbook for purchase, telling the story of the restaurant's origins and featuring its recipes; available through the restaurant's Square e-commerce checkout.
• Gift Cards Physical and electronic gift cards redeemable at the restaurant, sold through the restaurant's Square checkout page; physical cards can be sent to recipient or purchaser.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• OpenTablecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorOpenTable powers online reservations for parties of 1-4 guests. LaSalette's restaurant profile is listed on OpenTable with reservation widget embedded on their website, enabling visibility to OpenTable's user base of diners.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Sante Restaurant: A Sonoma fine dining restaurant emphasizing wine country cuisine and a curated wine program. Comparable in segment, geography, and price tier to LaSalette, competing for the same destination diner.
• The Girl & The Fig: A long-running Sonoma Plaza-area French-California bistro with similar casual fine dining positioning, comparable price points, and a deep wine list. Operates in the same Sonoma Plaza dining market and competes for the same local and tourist diners.
• Cafe La Haye: An intimate, chef-driven Sonoma restaurant serving seasonal California-Italian cuisine in a similar size and price tier. Directly comparable as a small, independent casual fine dining concept on Sonoma's plaza-adjacent streets.
• El Dorado Kitchen: A Sonoma Plaza-adjacent restaurant serving seasonal California cuisine with a strong wine focus. Overlapping customer base, location, and casual fine dining positioning make it a direct local competitor.
• Adega Restaurant: A widely recognized Portuguese restaurant in California emphasizing traditional Portuguese cuisine with California ingredients. Closest direct cuisine peer to LaSalette's Cozinha Nova Portuguesa concept and chef-driven identity.
• The Depot Hotel Restaurant: An Italian-influenced restaurant in Sonoma offering a prix-fixe menu with wine pairings. Similar casual fine dining, similar price points, and similar emphasis on the wine country dining experience.

Broad incumbents

• Ad Hoc + Addendum: Thomas Keller's casual fine dining concept in Yountville, Napa Valley. Comparable wine country casual fine dining format but operating as part of a larger chef-brand portfolio with significantly greater resources and scale.
• Farmstead at Long Meadow Ranch: A wine country restaurant in St. Helena emphasizing farm-to-table California cuisine with a connected wine program. Comparable casual fine dining experience in Northern California wine country and serves a similar destination-diner customer.
• Bottega Napa Valley: A well-known wine country Italian restaurant in Yountville offering a similar casual fine dining experience with extensive wine list. Comparable business model and customer segment, but broader Italian-California cuisine rather than Portuguese specialization.
• Madrona Manor: A historic wine country destination restaurant in Healdsburg with a fine dining experience paired with regional wines. Comparable destination dining model in Northern California wine country, though with broader scale and a different cuisine focus.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lasalette-restaurant

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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