Iconic Pismo Beach marriage ceremony venue reveals cause for abrupt shut down

They’re hanging on by a thread.

A cliffside marriage ceremony venue and restaurant in Pismo Beach is shutting down after a bitter court docket battle between the property homeowners and the venue’s homeowners revealed issues that the picturesque property could slide into the ocean, in accordance with the Fresno Bee.

Ventana Grill confirmed final week that they may shut on September 12, with reservations ending at 8 p.m. that night time. The restaurant first opened in April 2010, changing the previous Pelican Point restaurant. The beautiful venue gives panoramic views of the Pacific Ocean.

The sudden closure despatched {couples} who deliberate to marry there scrambling to alter plans on the final minute.

A Nextdoor user stated that the restaurant is presently working with clients who had been set to marry there on discovering different lodging for his or her nuptials.

“They are definitely closing. I’m a wedding photographer, and their coordinators are frantically trying to help Brides who have upcoming dates find new venues,” the poster wrote. “I guess it’s super unexpected, but it’s happening.”

Court paperwork reveal an August 27 order from San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Craig van Rooyen banned the restaurant from “operating, using or otherwise occupying for any purpose the cliffside building.”

The Old Custom House Inc., the corporate who owns the restaurant, additionally operates a number of different SLO companies, together with The Custom House and Mr. Rick’s in Avila Beach, and Wooly’s and Oyster Loft in Pismo Beach.

The homeowners of the property, listed as CCC in court docket paperwork, declare the venue is unsafe, whereas the venue’s homeowners say its all a ploy to get them to vacate the property.

In an August 2025 criticism filed by The Old Custom House, the corporate says the property’s latest homeowners, who purchased the property in 2023, breached the lease settlement between the 2 events by insisting they go away the property.

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The Old Custom House alleges the property homeowners “contrived a false concern in an attempt to justify the termination of the agreement and destroy plaintiff’s business.”

The property homeowners accused The Custom House of a “bad-faith attempt to distract from its flagrant disregard of the safety and lives of patrons and staff” in a September 2025 authorized submitting.

The identical submitting from the property homeowners revealed that geotechnical specialists had recognized vital stability points with the cliffside property.

In May, CCC filed  filed a proper movement for preliminary injunction, asking the court docket to close down the restaurant, which was granted in late August.

The injunction is about to take impact on September 18. listening to is scheduled for the court docket case is about for October 22.