El Capitan Hotel

Executive Chef Quentin Garcia of the El Capitan Hotel’s Rainbird restaurant — the first-of-its-kind fine dining restaurant in the Central Valley—will be welcoming acclaimed Oakland Chef Tu David Phu for a weekend of conversation, learning, and a collaborative culinary experience in historic downtown Merced, Jan. 27-28. The weekend will kick…

Rainbird, the newly opened fine dining restaurant inside the El Capitan Hotel in downtown Merced, has started its Taste of Wine Country Dinner Series,…

Alexis Presto, age 18, is excited about completing the first ever 12-week Hospitality Career Academy, a program developed by Merced College in partnership…

Proud city leaders and corporate executives joined excited residents in a “virtual” ribbon-cutting ceremony and tour of the new El Capitan Hotel in downtown Merced on Wednesday.  A massive red ribbon surrounded the outside of the hotel with the help of special VIP guests armed with scissors to take part in the proceedings. The ribbon…

The El Capitan Hotel in downtown Merced —  a historic building that’s been under renovation and expansion by Hyatt’s Joie de Vivre brand — was…

Editor's Note: This article appeared in the Dec. 3 issue of the Merced County Times newspaper. By LYNDA BROMMAGE Exciting news for Merced. The historic El…

A magnificent new exterior of the historic El Capitan Hotel was revealed this week in downtown Merced. The building at the corner of Main and M streets has been undergoing a $15 million renovation — part of a trio of restoration projects within a block’s distance, including the recently opened apartment complex, The Tioga, and The…

Robin Donovan, managing director of El Capitan, a Joie de Vivre Hotel, Mainzer and The Tioga today announced that Sara Cribari Hill has been appointed the…

Those who attended the Downtown Neighborhood Association (DNA) February meeting at the Merced Multicultural Arts Center last week got a very personal…

Merced's El Capitan Hotel is about to embark on a journey which will see it try to recapture the 19th Century grandeur it once enjoyed. The $16 million project at West Main and M streets is due to be finished in fall 2019 and help downtown Merced become a destination in itself. Scott McBride, director of development services for the city of…