Leon Bistro

Burban Kitchen is officially open! Please join us this week to explore a menu featuring some of the North State's best ingredients and prepared by Chef Leon and the Burban Kitchen team. We hope you will celebrate our new adventure this week and beyond, and cannot wait to have you join us for lunch, dinner, dessert, and drinks at this beautiful new gathering space. Read the details below. #BurbanKitchen

We can not express how grateful we are to have you honor our Chef and our restaurant in the 2019 Best of Chico issue. Thank you for following and lifting up this journey. We cannot wait to continue it at Burban Kitchen. We love you, Chico!

It’s a very special day today: Chef Ann Leon’s birthday! Please join us in celebrating the hard work, dedication, and joy our favorite Chef brings to our community, and wishing her another amazing year. We love you, Chef! Thanks to Melissa Schuster for the photo of Chef and some of her favorite people from our closing weekend.

It has been a bittersweet few weeks for Leon Bistro, but we have felt your love and support as we finalize and celebrate eleven years of service to this community. As we complete our final week of service with you, we would love for our online community to reflect on the past eleven years. What was your favorite memory or meal at Leon Bistro? Join us in telling your stories in the comments section, and thank you for sharing with us. ... For us, there are too many to count. We could not be more grateful for the countless memories you've shared with us.

Wow! The outpouring of community support since our announcement has been so beautiful to see. Thank you all for the kind words, and for making your reservations to help us celebrate the transition to the next phase of our journey. Our community has been so encouraging that we are completely booked for dinner through our final week (9/25-9/28). This means that while you may walk in and wait for a table, we cannot guarantee our ability to seat you this week without a reservation. We will do everything we can to serve as many of our supporters as possible in this final week, and we are so thankful to have you join us and send us off with love. #LeonBistro

Love Christine Mac Shane! What a great tribute to Leon Bistro. Thank you, my friend!

It is a bittersweet moment for us at Leon Bistro, marked by endings and new beginnings. We are sad to officially announce that effective Saturday, September 28, Leon Bistro will be closing. After eleven years of serving this community, our doors have to close in order for new chapters to begin. At Leon Bistro, we have always strived to be on the frontlines of culinary innovation and creativity, and our announcement of closure comes with an exciting new start. Chef Leon will...Continue reading

Finishing touches on one of our favorite summer dishes. Grilled fruit and/or roasted Maywood Farms figs, topped with Gorgonzola, bacon-onion marmalade, and balsamic drizzle. #LeonBistro

There is only a day and a half left to vote for your favorite restaurant, chef, and more for Best of Chico 2019, and we would be honored to receive your votes again this year. Please make your selections for the "Food & Drinks" category at www.chicobestof.com, and thank you for your continued support, generosity, and loyalty to Leon Bistro. The people we serve are the best part of what we do, and we are proud to share our food, our space, and our journey with you. Happy voting, Chico!

We are proud to partner with Masami Cattle Ranch to bring you some of the finest beef the north state has to offer. Join us for dinner to taste cuts from their ranch to our kitchen. This weekend, we are featuring a thick cut, beautifully marbled skirt steak with chimichurri and a side of pomme frites. #LeonBistro

Thank you, Chico! What a gorgeous weekend celebrating Chico Pride with you all. The Sunday community brunch at One Mile Park was the perfect ending to our weekend, with hundreds of attendees, dedicated volunteers, beautiful music, and many community partners. We are proud to serve you, and to celebrate with you. Thank you to all who joined us!

HAPPY PRIDE WEEKEND! Every year, we look forward to the Chico Pride celebrations, and we are excited to join again this year as attendees and sponsors. We look forward to seeing our community throughout the weekend, and closing out the weekend with another Leon Bistro brunch at One Mile from 9-12pm this Sunday. The sense of community and solidarity we get to participate in each year at the Chico Pride: Community Brunch is part of what makes Chico such an amazing place, an...d we are thankful for the volunteers, partners, and attendees who help make it possible. Join us on Sunday, August 25 at One Mile for a brunch buffet, live music, coffee, and more. Your $5 donation for the event goes toward Stonewall Alliance Chico and the incredible work they do. Wishing you all a safe and happy Pride from the Leon Bistro family!

As part of our summer offerings, we invite you to enjoy our seared, sesame crusted ahi tuna. Paired with red curry sauce and wasabi mashed potatoes, this dish takes the best of our ahi appetizer and turns it in to a fresh, flavorful entree. We’ll see you this week, Wednesday through Friday, for dinner time at #LeonBistro

The time has come for Best of Chico 2019! We are honored by your votes every year, and grateful for your support of our bistro for nearly thirteen years strong! Providing excellent service and the freshest, finest local ingredients to our fans and customers is always our goal, and it's enthusiastic, generous people like you that make it all worthwhile. Please consider casting your votes for Leon Bistro and Chef Ann Leon this year. Thank you for being with us on our journey!... Write in your votes for Best Chef and more at www.chicobestof.com