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Carol’s Restaurant closes in Temecula as Baily Vineyard reorganizes

September 23, 2025

Phil and Carol Baily are closing a chapter on their business this month and beginning a new one.

The couple closed their restaurant, Carol’s, at Baily Vineyard & Winery on Sunday, Sept. 21 and are in the process of moving their tasting room to the location of their first vineyard.

Baily Winery on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. Phil and Carol Baily, founders of one of Temecula's oldest wineries, are now reorganizing their business. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer) — Baily Winery on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. Phil and Carol Baily, founders of one of Temecula’s oldest wineries, are now reorganizing their business. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)

They have been a presence in Temecula Valley’s wine country for more than 40 years, planting their first acre of grapes in 1982 after moving with their two sons from Los Angeles County to southwest Riverside County.

Four years later, they opened their first winery at 36150 Pauba Road, but afterward focused on another property about four miles away at 33440 La Serena Way. That’s where they opened Carol’s Restaurant in 1998 and a tasting room the following year.

But the Bailys have sold the La Serena property and are going back to their roots, using the proceeds of the sale to upgrade the Pauba Road property.

Carol’s Restaurant had an imposing dining room with a high ceiling, large fireplace and decorations like a medieval castle. On Yelp, customers praised its Sunday brunches as well as its ambience. In addition, its patio was dog-friendly.

It went out with a big crowd and free food for loyal customers, Phil Baily wrote in an email.

Baily's 2021 Temecula Valley Estate Bottled Cabernet Sauvignon. Phil and Carol Baily, founders of one of Temecula's oldest wineries, are now reorganizing their business. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer) — Baily’s 2021 Temecula Valley Estate Bottled Cabernet Sauvignon. Phil and Carol Baily, founders of one of Temecula’s oldest wineries, are now reorganizing their business. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)

The tasting room on La Serena is set to close on Tuesday, Sept. 30, when Baily will move its entire staff to a tasting room on Pauba Road. He is holding a moving sale to reduce inventory, offering wine at $15 a bottle to customers who buy at least six.

Baily’s Old Town, a two-story restaurant 28699 Old Town Front St. in Old Town Temecula, isn’t affected by these changes. It is owned by Phil and Carol’s son Chris Baily and his wife Kim.

Phil Baily (center) with his grandson Alex Baily (left) and son Patrick Baily (right) are in the midst of Baily’s 40th harvest on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. Phil and his wife, Carol, founded one of Temecula’s oldest wineries and are now reorganizing their business. (Photo by Nick Koon, Contributing Photographer)

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Phil Baily is in the midst of his 40th harvest in the Temecula Valley. After that, his plans include “major replanting.”

“The key thing to take away is it’s a restructuring. We’re totally committed to the future of wine country,” he said in a phone interview. “I’m still making the wine. Carol and I are still doing it.”

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