There’s one thing so shiny and sparkly a few new 12 months — and we’re not simply speaking sequins and disco balls. That recent begin feeling goes for the world of journey, too. The brand new 12 months will carry a flurry of latest motels and different points of interest up and down the West Coast. Right here’s only a peek on the enjoyable forward, from a brand new beachside resort in Santa Cruz to a Charlie Palmer-helmed resort in Morgan Hill, midcentury-mod lodging in Palm Springs and nationwide park foodie information in San Francisco.
A beachy La Bahia
Santa Cruz’s latest beachside resort is about to open this summer season on Seaside Avenue close to the wharf. Initially in-built 1926 as an house and resort complicated with an iconic bell tower, La Bahia has been rebuilt and reworked — with interiors by ForrestPerkins, the high-end San Francisco design crew — right into a swanky coastal escape with 155 visitor rooms, a Champagne lounge and a surf culture-meets-luxe resort vibe. And a newly restored bell tower.
Anticipate chaises and umbrellas on the seashore together with a “beach butler,” a spa full with sauna+view, and four new eating places together with the Pacific Rim-inspired Excessive Tide, Low Tide Bar & Grill, Pearl bar and Plunge, a poolside cocktail bar.
Particulars: 215 Seaside St. in Santa Cruz; https://labahiahotel.com and @labahiahotelandspa.
Columbia River glamping
The Pacific Northwest is getting its personal upscale Underneath Canvas resort this summer season. Set on 120 acres of land in Washington’s White Salmon River Valley alongside the Columbia River Gorge, the brand new resort can be about an hour’s drive from Portland, Oregon.
During the last decade, Underneath Canvas has elevated the glamping idea right into a collection of outdoorsy resorts close to a dozen nationwide parks and monuments, from Yosemite to Acadia. Assume safari-inspired tents with king dimension beds, non-public decks and en suite bogs with sizzling working water. You’ll discover West Elm furnishings in the primary foyer tent, every day yoga classes on the patio, s’mores by the firepit, and an “adventure concierge.”
Plus: A restaurant serving location-specific fare and picnics to go. Columbia River Gorge campers can count on a menu that features Columbia River salmon and seafood from Portland and Seattle, for instance, in addition to native wines and craft beer.
Particulars: Underneath Canvas Columbia River Gorge will open Could 29, and reservations (beginning at $299 per evening) are actually open for the inaugural season; www.undercanvas.com.
Palm Springs’ latest
The distinctive new Thompson Palm Springs resort that opened in October close to town’s Design District will go much more glam within the new 12 months. The 168-room resort is a pure match with this oh-so-mid-century-mod metropolis in structure, with bungalow-inspired rooms boasting views of the San Jacinto Mountains and cityscape. All through the complicated, you’ll discover artwork by Indigenous artists, together with a glass-tile mosaic on the resort facade by Indigenous artist Jeffrey Gibson, whose look within the sixtieth Venice Biennale held earlier this 12 months, was a primary for the U.S. Pavilion.
Now, it’s rolling out extra bells and whistles – and eating choices. The resort’s Lola Rose Grand Mezze restaurant has been joined by Napa Valley’s HALL Wines, which opened a tasting room and wine lounge in November. Search for a brand new Mediterranean restaurant, Bar Issi – run by the identical individuals behind SoCal’s The Draycott and Olivetta – to open in early 2025.
In the meantime, Palm Springs’ different motels have been abuzz with renovations, together with the return of the Riviera Resort and Spa — a former Margaritaville — with refreshed midcentury fashionable visitor rooms; main renovations on the Grand Hyatt Indian Wells that stretch to 2 new eating ideas, Carmocha and Tia Carmen; and a brand new restaurant, Kestrel, from “Top Chef” star Richard Blais on the Indian Wells Golf Resort.
Particulars: Thompson Palm Springs rooms begin at $550 per evening. 414 N. Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs; www.hyatt.com and @thompsonpalmsprings.
A chef’s kiss resort — or 4
Most motels are run by hoteliers, not cooks, however Lodge MOHI by Appellation and its new sister property in Healdsburg will be the exception. Opening subsequent fall, the 76-room MOHI — as in Morgan Hill — resort hails from wine nation chef Charlie Palmer and Christopher Hunsberger. So what does a chef-driven resort seem like?
“We can be actually embedding meals and beverage into each side of (the resort), from design to programming,” Palmer says.
In Morgan Hill, which means visitors and native foodies can count on a 215-seat Charlie Palmer restaurant and bar, with components — together with olive oil — sourced from the resort gardens, small-batch espresso roasted on website and wines from native vineyards. Different points of interest will embrace a terrace pool, a bakery cafe, flower store lounge, Terroir Spa and craft courses — assume mixology and flower arranging.
MOHI is certainly one of 4 Appellation motels set to open within the subsequent two years, beginning this summer season with Appellation Healdsburg opening only a few blocks from the plaza and motels in Petaluma and Pacific Grove on deck for 2026.
Particulars: Appellation Healdsburg will open this summer season at 165 Foss Creek Circle. Lodge Mohi is about to open this fall at 17490 Monterey Street in Morgan Hill; appellationhotels.com.
A rebuilt Boat Shack in Marshall
West Marin’s much-loved Nick’s Cove restaurant and cottages are getting into the brand new 12 months with a brand new government chef, Matt Alfus (Hog Island Oyster Co., Chicago’s The Butcher & Larder and Alinea Group’s Subsequent), and excellent news concerning the property’s historic Boat Shack.
The Tomales Bay institution dates again to 1931, when Nick and Frances Kojich moved a number of buildings – by barge – from their ranch on the west facet of the bay to its jap shore to create cottages and a seafood restaurant. However a devastating hearth on the finish of the pier final January destroyed the Boat Shack and the treasures inside, which included picket ship fashions, anchors, glass floats, classic fishing rods and a 70-year-old piano.
A brand new Boat Shack — crammed with classic objects, courtesy of group donations — is predicted to rise once more in 2025. And Santa, who arrived through merry crimson truck to greet guests on the Waterfront Oyster Bar this 12 months, says he’ll be taking his conventional mode of transport — a water sleigh — to the Boat Shack subsequent vacation season.
Particulars: Nick’s Cove Restaurant is open from midday to eight p.m. Monday-Tuesday and 11 am. to eight p.m. Wednesday-Sunday at 23240 Freeway One, Marshall; www.nickscove.com.
A Tunnel High Mess Corridor
A market corridor, bar and all-day cafe are coming to Presidio Tunnel Tops, the most recent nationwide park website in San Francisco, in 2025. Dubbed The Mess Corridor, this would be the most formidable food-related mission up to now for the favored park. Housed in a 6,200-square-foot constructing that dates again to 1897, the meals corridor will supply informal fare, takeaway-friendly picnic objects and craft cocktails to get pleasure from on an expansive patio with views of the Bay.
The Mess Corridor’s culinary finish can be led by chef Peter Serpico, a James Beard award winner for his Serpico restaurant in Philadelphia and director of operations for 2 of David Chang’s Momofuku endeavors. Zach Negin (Los Angeles’ Tabula Rasa Bar, San Francisco’s Dolores Deluxe) will oversee the Mess Corridor Bar.
No opening date has been set, however when you wait, keep in mind that you would be able to nonetheless get pleasure from meals truck bites on the Presidio Pop Up, in addition to sit-down fare on the Presidio’s Dalida, Colibri and Il Parco.
Particulars: The Mess Corridor can be situated at 201 Halleck St. on the Presidio Tunnel Tops, San Francisco; www.messhallpresidio.com; @messhallpresidio.
Luxe glamping in Guerneville
The Russian River can be getting a brand new luxe glamping resort this summer season, when Shelter Co. unveils River Electrical in Guerneville. The corporate is understood for its luxurious occasion manufacturing – creating 32 VIP suites at BottleRock Napa Valley, for instance, and a four-day Virgin Galactic occasion throughout the Nice American Eclipse that included 129 sleeping tents, bar and lounge tents and catered meals far, far off the grid in Idaho.
Billed as a camp resort and swim membership, Guerneville’s 11-acre River Electrical is about to open with 40 glamping tents, two swimming swimming pools, a bar and restaurant.
Particulars: 16101 Neeley Street, Guerneville; @riverelectric
A Sunnyvale treehouse
The U.Okay.’s five-year-old Treehouse Accommodations can be opening its first U.S. property in Silicon Valley in March, bringing its outdoorsy tackle lodging to Sunnyvale. No precise tree climbing required. Treehouse Lodge Silicon Valley will supply 111 visitor rooms when it opens — 254 by the point the resort has been absolutely realized — with an emphasis on pure supplies, cozy, rustic furnishings and playful touches, reminiscent of colourful quilts and kooky, embroidered pillows made by Coral & Tusk.
Even when you don’t plan to e-book a resort room in your personal yard, the resort’s new eating places ought to stir curiosity amongst Bay Space foodies. “Top Chef” star Stephanie Izard is opening Valley Goat, her first NorCal restaurant, right here, and the resort is planning a seasonal beer backyard.
Particulars: 1100 N. Mathilda Ave. in Sunnyvale; www.treehousehotels.com/silicon-valley
Seattle’s RailSpur sensation
This new microdistrict — dubbed RailSpur — in Seattle’s historic Pioneer Sq. is remodeling three historic brick-and-timber warehouses and surrounding alleys right into a mixed-use group that features places of work, retail and in 2025, a brand new boutique resort and eating places.
The 120-room Lodge Westland will embrace a restaurant and rooftop bar with Puget Sound views. Dying & Co is opening a brand new bar. And prolific Seattle chef and restaurateur Renee Erickson (Walrus & the Carpenter, Normal Porpoise and extra) will open a trio of RailSpur eateries that embrace Lowlander Brewery, Un Po Tipsy Pizzeria and a higher-end, as-yet-unnamed European-style restaurant.
Particulars: Seattle’s Lodge Westland is at 100 S. King St.; www.hotelwestlandseattle.com. Discover extra details about RailSpur at https://railspurseattle.com/.
