New restaurant coming to Granary and retail wine shop on Monterey Road
Ancora Vino by Enoteca La Storia
By Staff Report
Between homegrown charm and imported panache, Morgan Hill continues cooking up an increasingly hip and happening downtown vibe. Locals will want to belly up to the bar or grab a table, because the menu of dining options in this South Valley community just got a whole lot more appetizing.
Two popular Los Gatos eateries will soon offer more choices in downtown’s ever expanding offering of choices for dining out. Oak & Rye raises the stakes with The Silos, a sleek new restaurant behind historic grain silos in the hip Granary. And Ancora Vino by Enoteca La Storia uncorks the wine scene with a downtown tasting room promising global variety at local prices.
The Silos is a newly constructed 1,464-square-foot restaurant space tucked behind the iconic 45-foot-tall silos, historical remnants from the original granary operation. The Morgan Hill Planning Commission in November approved a conditional use permit for The Silos for a full-service restaurant and bar at the Granary District, on Depot Street. The 31,000-square-foot development by Weston Miles houses a mix of retailers like the popular Running Shop and Hops and Odeum restaurant.
At the meeting, property owner Charles Weston expressed his excitement about bringing an additional experienced restaurateur to The Granary. The new restaurant will offer about 52 indoor and 27 outdoor patio seats.
“We are thrilled to have found such a unique and cool space that embodies Morgan Hill’s agricultural roots, and we look forward to serving the Morgan Hill community,” Oak & Rye owner Ross Hanson said in a press release.
Enoteca La Storia plans to open its wine shop called Ancora Vino at 17337 Monterey Road. The site now houses antique shop Murphy’s Mercantile Store. Ancora Vino will be a 2,200-square-foot retail wine shop and tasting room offering 150 wines for less than $25 and 10 different wine clubs.
In addition to featuring wine from around the world, the shop will highlight local wines.
“I chose Morgan Hill as the location for our third store because it’s where I grew up,” co-owner Ryan Smith said in a press release. “I look forward to sharing my love of wine with my hometown.”
The addition of The Silos by Oak & Rye and Ancora Vino by Enoteca La Storia will continue to foster downtown’s blossoming restaurant and retail scene. Recent additions to downtown’s retail offerings include the home goods and décor store Urbn Ranch, children’s clothing boutique Avery’s Avenue, and the soon-to-open Edes Gallery, adding more than 6,000 square feet of retail space to downtown.
“We are thrilled to see new regional retail players join the Morgan Hill community,” said Assistant City Manager Edith Ramirez. “We’re even more excited to see the evolution of the Granary District and see the iconic silos come to life.”
Supporting and growing retail has been a key focus of the Morgan Hill economic development team. Creative retail placemaking like the Sidewalk Saturdays outdoor retail market provides a space for emerging retailers that don’t have a formal store and existing brick-and-mortar businesses to spill onto the sidewalk and sell their wares, further enhancing the activity around the popular Downtown Farmer’s Market, Economic Development Director Matt Mahood said.
“Downtown Morgan Hill is a hot spot for restaurants and retailers,” he said.
In addition to the Edes Gallery, new or renovated retail spaces include a 5,000-square-foot boutique hotel on Monterey Road (under construction by developer Frank Leal), the renovation of the Leal’s Mills Building on the southwest corner of First Street and Monterey Road, and Leal’s commercial center on Del Monte and Second Street.
