Manzke and Bicyclette, a duo of restaurants from two of L.A.’s most celebrated chefs, are set to close March 2. It’s the latest in a handful of notable early-2024 closures — and follows roughly 70 shuttered restaurants and bars in 2023.
Walter and Margarita Manzke, whose lauded restaurant République will be the couple’s sole remaining restaurant in L.A., closed Petty Cash Taqueria and Sari Sari Store last year.
Their fine dining restaurant Manzke opened on Pico Boulevard in early 2022 and won a Michelin star later that year ; it retained its rating in the coveted restaurant guide in 2023 . Below Manzke is Bicyclette, a bistro that opened in 2021 and was named one of L.A.’s 101 best restaurants last year by the L.A. Times. The paper’s restaurant critic Bill Addison recently called Bicyclette “a valentine to the ageless Parisian bistro.”
“Our partners along with Marge and I have decided it is best to close Manzke and Bicyclette,” Walter Manzke told The Times in a statement. “We will continue to operate the two restaurants as we have previously done until March 2. As we work things out and have further details we will be happy to share them with you.”