Restaurant Realty Company is pleased to report the sale of Los Gatos Brewing Company in Los Gatos. The brewpub, restaurant and bar for sale was marketed by Restaurant Realty Company and the transaction was completed in March 2015. The terms of the transaction are confidential.
Jim Stump, a native of Utah, has been working in the food service business since he was fifteen. Jim has worked at some of the Bay Area’s most acclaimed venues including San Francisco’s Fleur de Lys and the Blue Fox, Santa Clara’s Birk’s Restaurant, Saratoga’s Le Mouton Noir, and the Los Gatos Brewing Company. After moving to California in 1980, Jim attended the California Culinary Academy and graduated with “Outstanding Merit”. In 1987 he became chefs assistant to Hubert Keller at San Francisco’s Fleur de Lys restaurant, and soon thereafter was hired as Saucier at San Francisco’s famed Blue Fox. In 1989 Jim moved to the Santa Clara Valley to become Sous Chef at Birk’s Restaurant . He then was promoted to Executive Chef, helping to more than double Birk’s business while establishing its reputation as one of Silicon Valley’s best steakhouses. In 1991 he joined Le Mouton Noir in Saratoga as Executive Chef, earning the restaurant the DIRONA Award and receiving the coveted 4 star rating from the San Jose Mercury News.
In 1992 Jim joined Andy Pavicich, Jr. in opening the highly successful Los Gatos Brewing Company. In 1997 Jim and Andy Pavicich, Jr. developed and opened A.P. Stump’s, a 15,000 sq. ft. American chop house restaurant in San Jose. In the summer of 2012 Jim opened The Table, a 60-seat, urban neighborhood restaurant in the Willow Glenn District of San Jose focusing on seasonal ingredients, hand-crafted cocktails and progressive wines. In 2014 Jim opened Stumpy’s in the Willow Glenn District area as well which serves high quality hamburgers and hot dogs with some very creative ingredients.
Jim’s success can be attributed largely to his operating philosophy which is being passionate in everything he does and his commitment to the team approach in treating every member of his team as an equal with respect. Restaurant Realty had the opportunity to work with Jim and his partner in selling the former AP Stumps location in San Jose and the well known Los Gatos Brewing Company in Los Gatos. We wish Jim continued success in all of his future endeavors and we look forward to working with him in his future expansion.