Bring on the tasting menu, with its upscale takes on bacalhau and polvo, paired with fine wines from the all-Portugal collection.

Adega is making a comeback.

A year after closing their acclaimed Portuguese restaurant — San Jose’s first and only Michelin-star holder — owners Carlos and Fernanda Carreira have announced they have a reopening in the works.

Friday, Nov. 15, will be the first night of service in the city’s Little Portugal neighborhood, with executive chef David Costa and pastry chef Jessica Carreira back at the helm. Since the closing, they’ve been leading the culinary team for the family’s casual Petiscos restaurants.

“We never expected people would miss Adega as much as we did,” Carlos said Monday. Specifically, Fernanda added. “They missed that level of fine-dining service and food for their birthdays, anniversaries and special occasions.”

In its initial eight years in business, Adega won, lost and won back a Michelin star. The restaurant first received the honor in 2016, lost the star in 2018, then regained it in 2021. The Carreiras announced the 2023 closure just a few days before the Michelins were announced that summer.

A comeback was always a possibility, with Carlos telling the Mercury News last December that many customers begged them not to close Adega. “We tell them that we are simply ‘saving it up in the cloud’ (to use Silicon Valley tech language) and who knows what the future has for Adega? The brand and the business itself will remain active for the foreseeable future.”

For the past year, the Carreiras and Costa have been focused on Petiscos. The Alum Rock Avenue location of Adega became a Petiscos, joining the original one located in downtown San Jose. And, as they announced earlier this year, they are planning and constructing a South County location of Petiscos, in Gilroy. That one is expected to open in March 2025.

Besides diner demand for Adega 2.0, a couple of other factors have combined to make the relaunch a possibility .

First, the Carreiras said, the South First Street Petiscos is humming along, with a crew of “really good sous chefs” cooking for lunch and dinner patrons every day of the week. “We are glad every time there’s a conference in town,” Carlos said, noting that even out-of-town guests have returned to Petiscos.

Proximity was also taken into account. The Alum Rock restaurant was too close to the downtown Petiscos to make business sense.

The location is better suited to Adega’s destination dining experience, the Carreiras said, with a prix fixe menu that will change frequently and offer challenges to the culinary team.

As for Michelin recognition, “that was never our intention from the beginning,” Fernanda said. “We were very humbled by it.”

Details >> 1614 Alum Rock Ave., San Jose; www.adegarest.com for reservations.