Restaurants & Bars
Famed LA Chef Hit Riding A Bike To His New Eatery Bicyclette
Republique Chef Walter Manzke suffered multiple broken bones when he was hit by a car while riding a bike to his new restaurant.
LOS ANGELES, CA — A prominent Los Angeles chef is recovering today after being struck by a car while riding his bike to a new restaurant he is opening called Bicyclette.
Walter Manzke, owner of the Hancock Park restaurant Republique, suffered multiple broken bones and underwent surgery following the crash. He remained hospitalized Tuesday evening but is expected to be released soon and fully recover.
Manzke was struck by a car on Feb. 19 near his soon-to-be-opened restaurant Bicyclette in the 9500 block of Pico Boulevard, near Beverly Drive, according to Melissa Koujakian, Republique's director of operations.
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The driver stayed at the scene of the crash and waited for first responders.
Manzke and his wife Margarita expect to open Bicyclette on track this spring, according to Koujakian. Information about the accident was not immediately available from the Los Angeles Police Department.
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City News Service and Patch Staffer Paige Austin contributed to this report.
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