Scotts Valley Grocery Store
Longtime supermarket chain carrying brand-name & house-label groceries, plus a deli, bakery & more.
Welcome to Saison Cellar & Wine Bar
Sharing Our Love for Old and New World Wines With the Community
Wine Bar, Personal Cellar Storage, Event Space
Under the guidance of sommelier, winemaker, and Santa Cruz Mountains resident Mark Bright, Saison Cellar & Wine Bar invites guests to sip the global story of wine in every glass.
Our wine list features hyper-local labels alongside a heavy focus on France, closely curated by Bright. We serve signature snacks from Maison Nico as well as local specialty cheese boards with warmth and world class hospitality to complement Mark’s deeply personal wine collection.
With couches, dining tables, and bar seating and in the main lounge, a cozy outdoor space, and a cellar lined with custom-made wine storage lockers surrounding a wood farm-table, Saison Cellar & Wine Bar is equally ideal for grabbing a glass of vino after work or breaking bread with friends, attending curated tastings or winemaker series, and hosting social or corporate events.
Saison Cellar & Wine Bar is a part of Saison Hospitality Group, an award-winning hospitality group dedicated to evolving in the world of food, wine, and hospitality. SHG consists of Wine Spectator Grand Award winning and two Michelin-starred Saison, Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and Michelin-starred Angler, the rare wine brokerage and consulting service Saison Cellar, the elevated BBQ pop-up Smokehouse, local mainstay Saison Winery, and Saison Cellar & Wine Bar.
The building housing Scopazzi's restaurant has a long and colorful history. The building rewards us today with a look at fascinating times in Boulder Creek, California. In June of 1915, Joe Locatelli laid the foundation for a new hotel on Big Basin Highway in Boulder Creek. It first opened as a boarding house, called The Italia Hotel during the height of the logging industry to house the loggers who were working the surrounding hillsides. Later the Locatelli family knew there would be an evolving era of increased tourism and traffic with the opening of the northern route to Big Basin State Park, so plans were made to change its emphasis to a travelers hotel. With the opening of a movie studio in Boulder Creck during the silent film making days of 1914-1925, the hotel was frequented by many fans and stars of Hollywood such as Wallace Beery, Henry Fonda, Slim Summerville, Mary Pickford and Tom Mix who were making pictures in Boulder Creek and surrounding areas. The redwood windowed dining room and the patio on the east side, were added in 1924 and the establishment was renamed to The Locatelli Inn. During prohibition the site was known as THE place to go for the forbidden distribution from the local stills. The hotel & dining room was operated by the Locatelli's until 1955. It was then sold to experienced restaurateurs, the Scopazzi family, who converted the business to the
establishment that stands today. The family senior, John 'Nono' Scopazzi who operated the business, added the lounge and bar to the building but decided to discontinue offering hotel accommodation services. In 1986, the current owners, Paul Violante, a long-time chef and front-of-house manager Talal Janbay, who worked here as a busboy, purchased the restaurant and business name. The square, vernacular building, constructed entirely of wood, still has the full second floor. After 100+ years, Scopazzi's continues to offer the finest Italian restaurant in the area, with a versatile wine list, a full lounge, bar and banqueting facilities for up to 200 people
Minutes to Santa Cruz beaches
Situated in the South San Francisco Bay area, our hotel is 30 minutes from San Jose International Airport (SJC) and just over an hour from San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Our Santa Cruz hotel, located in a mountain retreat setting, is an ideal base for visiting Silicon Valley, the wine route and the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. You’ll find our newly renovated hotel at the Mt Hermon Exit of Highway 17.