Saison is a place where one can come and dine on the finest local bounty and where wines are poured with the same care as a Michelin starred restaurant yet be totally at ease in a casual environment.

We at Saison Source each item from the surrounding land,  highlighting the abundant resources of the San Francisco Bay Area. Each morning a new menu will be crafted based on the finest offerings from our network of small farms, ranches, and fisheries.

We Work with the best organic and biodynamic wine producers of the world, Saison matches its unprecedented flavors with equally unique and amazing wines.

Rustic in its simplicity, being devoid of unnecessary elements and an honest presentation of materials…Luxurious in products, textures, aromas, and sights heightening the basic essence or flavor inherent in each ingredient to its peak…These are the things that Saison offers each guest.

Dinner is served every Friday, Saturday, Sunday night at either 5:00 PM or 8 PM, and is currently $70, please allow at least two hours for your meal. We offer carefully selected wine parings with every menu to accompany your meal for a mere $40. We also now offer  a Chefs Table Dining Experience, where you the guest, gets to dine in the heart of the kitchen and observe our culinary team carefully craft each dish and chat with Chef Joshua Skenes while dining on upto 12 spontaneous created courses and sipping on some of the finest wines selected by Markris’ own Mark Bright. Please call us at 415-828-7990 regarding pricing and any questions you may have.

In order to best serve our guests and keep our prices low all seats are reservations only and payments are made in advance through our online payment system.

Please join us at WWW.SAISONSF.COM for menu, reservations and more info or call us at 415-828-7990

We cant wait to see you all in the restaurant!

Kris Esqueda & Mark Bright

The Beauregard family bought their first land for vine growing in 1946 and have been making quality wine ever since in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Four generations have passed since that first purchase and now at the lead for the family business is Ryan Beauregard. I had the pleasure of meeting with Ryan through a good friend and business partner Jesse Katz from the Davenport Roadhouse, where we are slowly building The Wine Key project (more to come on that topic later:)

Brown Ranch Vineyard outside of the tasting room.

Ryan has been taking the family business to completely new levels in wine quality, selection and exposure. They have recently taken over the wine tasting room that used to house Bonny Doon wines and have truly given it a warm welcoming touch. The wines are fantastic; I especially enjoyed the Pinot Noir from Trout Gulch vineyard that Beauregard is currently offering. The wine shows hints of lighly smoked cherries and raspberry tones with hints of crushed rock and touches of French oak on the palate. It is medium bodied and smooth as silk as it crosses the palate. Ryan’s Chardonnay is equally appealing; it boosts lots of tropical fruits tones (pineapple and mango) with a rich mid-palate and long finish brought home by the balanced use of oak. The wines are not found in many locations in the city yet, but if you are coming by the first Monday Night Flight at 5A5 Steak Lounge on the 22nd of June you will get a chance of experiencing the wines for yourself. 

Beauregard Wine Tasting Room on Bonny Doon Rd.

If you can’t make it to the Monday Night Flight then you should check them out sometime in Santa Cruz, they are located on Bonny Doon Rd. right off beautiful HWY 1. You can also learn a little more about the winery at www.beauregardvineyards.com. 

Thank for reading and enjoying wine!!

We named our event Monday Night Flight ( a play on the term wine flight: Wine flights, also sometimes referred to as tasting flights, are tastings of multiple wines, in order to get a feel for breadth or depth. Wine flights are usually intended for those new to the experience of tasting wine, or those who want to increase their understanding of a specific region, vintage, or varietal.  ) and all event things i.e. flyers, poster, terms and logo are airline/flight related. You’ll notice the flyer resembles a boarding pass. Here is a look at the poster our designer (Josh from Treasure Photography) and I threw together…

Words cannot express how excited we are to be doing this event and we already are planning the next one!!! This will be a monthly event at 5A5 so stay tuned for updates and info regarding this and other exciting things we have coming up.

Here is a list of participating wineries: (more may be added…)

• Frias Vineyards
• Beauregard Vineyards
• Cooralook
• EQ
• NQN
• Cannonball
• Fritz
• Gloria Ferrer

Tickets can be purchased ***here*** online for a mere $10 dollars!!!!! at this price they will go fast. This event is going to be great so dont miss out.