page_title: Nick's Cove, California
section_title: Modern reincarnation
hierarchical_section_title: Nick's Cove, California / Modern reincarnation
caption_attribution_description: The restaurant at Nick's Cove in California. Photo by Jim Heaphy.
context_page_description: Nick's Cove is a resort and an unincorporated community in Marin County, California. It is on the northeast shore of Tomales Bay 3.25 miles south-southwest of Tomales, at an elevation of 7 feet. Hog Island is in the middle of Tomales Bay, to the west of Nick's Cove, and Point Reyes National Seashore constitutes the western landmass on the opposite side of the bay.
  The name honors Nick Kojich, who in 1931 opened a seafood restaurant at this location, which is still in operation.
context_section_description: In 1999, restaurant developer Pat Kuleto purchased the property in conjunction with chef Mark Franz. It took them and their investors eight years to completely rebuild and modernize the facility at a cost of US$14 million. They encountered major environmental challenges as a stream flows beneath the restaurant's kitchen, and specimens of the California red-legged frog, a threatened species, were found on the site.
  Nick's Cove re-opened in 2007, with a 130-seat restaurant and 12 luxury cottages, just as the Great Recession was beginning. Saddled with the burden of $13 million in debt during a time of economic insecurity, the venture was unable to become profitable.
  In a letter to investors, Kuleto said that the venture had been a "complete disaster," with the result being a "complete loss of your financial investment." Kuleto's own losses were $5 million.
  The business was sold to Highway 1 Hospitality LLC in 2011, and is still in operation.
caption: Restaurant at Nick's Cove
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