Who Owns Your Restaurant, Cocktail Bar & Coffee Shop?
Private Equity Owned Businesses, San Francisco Bay Area, Food & Beverage Investors (Restaurants, Bars), Restaurant Groups, CO-OP's Bay Area
Last updated: September 5, 2025
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Private Equity Restaurants, Coffee Chains Bay Area
Either owned by PE firms, have significant funding by private equity firms.
Philz Coffee, San Francisco (Freeman Spogli & Co, 2025)
Blue Bottle, San Francisco (Nestle, 2017)
Peet’s Coffee (Acquired by JAB PE in 2012 —> Acquired by Dr Pepper 2025)
Il Fornaio, Corte Madera (Create Restaurants Holdings, 2020)
Morton’s Steakhouse, San Francisco (Owned by Landry’s, which is owned by billionaire Tilman Fertitta)
Pacific Catch (significant PE investments 2010, 2016)
Paxti’s, (Elite Restaurant Group, 2018)
Rustic Bakery, Marin County (San Francisco Equity Partners, 2021)
Romano's Macaroni Grill (Ignite Restaurant Group, 2013, Redrock Partners 2015)
Togo’s, Campbell, HQ (Southfield Mezzanine)
Corporate Owned Wineries Sonoma, Napa
Treasury Wine Estates
https://www.tweglobal.com/brands
Stag’s Leap (Yountville), Sterling Vineyards (Calistoga), Etude Wines (Napa)
The Wine Group (Livermore)
https://www.thewinegroup.com/our-brands/
Benzinger (Glen Ellen), Beringer (St Helena); Image Winery (St Helena)
Constellation Brands
Gallo Wineries (Modesto)
Rombauer (St. Helena, Sierra Nevada Foothills, 2023)
Asti Winery (Cloverdale, 2015)
J Vineyards (Healdsburg, 2015)
Louis M. Martini Winery (St Helena, 2002)
Pahlmeyer Winery, (Napa, 2019)
LVMH Wine Brands
Chandon Napa, Yountville
Colgin Cellars, St Helena
Joseph Phelps, St Helena
Newton, St Helena(New local owners as of September 2025)
Winery Groups Sonoma, Napa
Jackson Family Wines
Sonoma: Copain, Kendall Jackson, Arrowhead, Hartford Valley Winery, Matanzas Creek Winery, Stonestreet, Verite, Siduri, Murphy Goode, La Crema, Legacy, Anakota
Napa: Cardinale, Freeman Abbey, Galarie, Mt Brave, Lokoya, La Jota Vineyard
Mendocino: Champ de Reves, Edmeades, Maggy Hawk
Ste, Michelle Wine Estates
Patz & Hall (Sonoma), Conn Creek (St. Helena)
San Francisco Bay Area Food & Beverage Investors
Salt Partners (B-Side, Bacon Bacon, Horsefeather, Humphry Slocombe Ice Cream, Last Rites, Lazy Susan, Pecking House, Saison Sunday Bakeshop and Neighbor Bakehouse)
Not listed on site: Crenn Dining Group
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San Francisco Bay Area Restaurant Groups
Back of the House Restaurant Group
Super Duper, Beretta, Lolinda, Cubita, Star Belly, Delarosa, aMano, Wildseed, Rad Radish, Uno Dos Tacos
Closed: El Techo, Barvale, Belga
Future Bars Group
Cocktail bar group San Francisco
Bourbon & Branch, Bottle Pub Club, Devils Acre, Gingers, Local Edition, Nightingale, Pagan Idol, Rickhouse, Swig, Dawn Club, Lark Bar, Tupper & Reed (Berkeley), Zombie Village
Closed: Tradition (now Zombie Village)
Hi Neighbor Hospitality Group
7 Adams, Trestle, Mama (Oakland), Jack & Remi, The Vault
Closed: Madrigral, Stones Throw, Corridor, Fat Angel
Baccus Management Group
San Francisco & Peninsula
Selby’s (Redwood City), Village Pub & Village Bakery (Woodside), Spruce, Magic Donuts, Augustine (San Jose), La Connessa, Louie’s Original, Pizza Antica (Lafayette, Santana Row)
Closed: The Saratoga, Mayfield Bakery (Palo Alto)
Absinthe Restaurant Group
Absinthe, Arlequinn Wine Merchant, Arbor, Comstock, Bosco (coming soon)
Closed: Barcino, Bellota, Arlequin Cafe, Boxing Room
Stark Restaurant Group
North Bay Restaurant Group
Bird & the Bottle, Starks Steak & Seafood, Willi’s Seafood & Raw Bar, Monti’s, Grossman’s, Augies French, Willi’s Wine Bar, Bravas
Co-op Owned Businesses San Francisco Bay Area
Cheeseboard (Berkeley), Arizemendi, Sliver, Dimond Slice
Rainbow Grocery
Mandela Grocery (Oakland)
Other Avenues
The Local Butcher Shop
Hasta Muerte (coffee)
Understory (Oakland)
Westbrae Nursery (Berkeley)
San Francisco Bay Area Ghost Kitchens
Coming Soon
A lot of restaurants operate ghost kitchens in the Bay Area. There is little info about them as many do not have any Yelp/Google business listings.
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