Campo Di Bocce Of Los Gatos, Llc

What Campo Di Bocce Of Los Gatos, Llc does

Campo Di Bocce of Los Gatos, LLC is a privately held, family-owned Italian restaurant and bocce club founded in 1997 by Tom Albanese in Los Gatos, California. The company operates a single integrated hospitality venue at 565 University Avenue that combines a full-service Italian ristorante, a full bar with craft cocktails and local wines, and eight Colleoni World Class synthetic polyurethane bocce courts configured as four indoor and four outdoor courts. The facility can host private events for up to 250 guests and averages 150–200 events per month, spanning corporate outings, weddings, fundraisers, tournaments, and weekly league play across multiple nights and formats.

The business serves a diversified customer base that includes individual and family diners, bocce league members and competitive players, corporate groups (including named Silicon Valley accounts such as Apple, Google, and Adobe using the venue for team-building), and private event hosts. Core products are bocce court rentals at $15 per person for 1.5-hour sessions of up to 11 players, full-service Italian dining and beverage, private event hosting, organized leagues, off-premise catering, gift cards, and a school fundraiser program that donates 15% of food sales during designated weeks. The venue is affiliated with the United States Bocce Federation and has hosted national and international bocce championships, including the 2002 and 2007 National Bocce Championships and the 2006 North American Championships.

The revenue model is purely transactional and direct-to-consumer: per-person bocce fees, à la carte restaurant and bar sales, quote-based private event packages, gift card sales via ToastTab, and catering contracts. Distribution is operated through phone and walk-in reservations, an event coordinator (Ilene) for group bookings, the ToastTab online ordering platform, and a BentoBox-powered website that handles menus, event inquiries, and email signups. Marketing relies on organic social (Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn), email newsletter capture, and the venue's reputational standing as America's first dedicated bocce and Italian dining facility, reinforced by the annual Madden Mariucci Charity Bocce Tournament, which has raised over $1 million for charitable causes. The business is managed day-to-day by COO Benjamin Musolf and remains founder-owned with no institutional investment, parent company, or public listing.

Name

Campo Di Bocce Of Los Gatos, Llc

Legal name

Campo Di Bocce Of Los Gatos, LLC

Website

https://campodibocce.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Campo Di Bocce of Los Gatos operates a single family-owned Italian restaurant and bocce club in Los Gatos, California, combining traditional Italian dining with eight Colleoni World Class bocce courts, a full bar, and event space for up to 250 guests serving individual diners, bocce league players, and corporate and private event hosts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Los Gatos

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Bocce Court Rentals: Bocce is available for $15 per person for 1.5 hours on one court for up to 11 people. Larger groups of 12 or more book as events.
2. Restaurant Food Service: Full-service Italian restaurant serving traditional Italian cuisine with dine-in service during operating hours. Online ordering available through ToastTab platform.
3. Beverage Sales: Full bar with craft cocktails, local wines, and craft beers. Separate beverage menu available for dine-in and events.
4. Private Event Hosting: Event venue rental for corporate events, weddings, rehearsal dinners, birthday parties, fundraisers, and other celebrations. Capacity up to 250 people. Booked an average of 150-200 events per month.
5. Academic Fundraiser Program: For 1-week periods, Campo di Bocce donates 15% of all food sales to academic programs of choice, generating goodwill and repeat community engagement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Campo Di Bocce of Los Gatos operates a full-service Italian ristorante paired with eight World Class Colleoni synthetic polyurethane bocce courts (four indoor, four outdoor) at a single Los Gatos venue. The business sells dine-in restaurant service, full bar, bocce court rentals, organized bocce leagues, private event hosting for up to 250 guests, off-premise catering, gift cards, and an academic fundraiser program.

Product overview

Campo Di Bocce of Los Gatos is a family-owned Italian restaurant and bocce club offering a unified hospitality experience combining traditional Italian dining with recreational bocce play. The core offering consists of an Italian ristorante with full bar service and eight World Class bocce courts, supplemented by private event hosting, catering services, organized bocce leagues, gift cards, and academic fundraising programs. The business operates as a single unified hospitality venue rather than a platform with separate modular products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Italian Restaurant & Dining Full-service Italian ristorante offering traditional Italian cuisine for dine-in, takeout, and on-site event dining, targeting families, individuals, and event guests.
• Bocce Courts & Play Recreational bocce court rentals on eight World Class Colleoni synthetic polyurethane courts, available at $15 per person for 1.5 hours for up to 11 players, with instruction and equipment provided.
• Private Events Venue Event hosting service for corporate events, weddings, rehearsal dinners, birthdays, and fundraisers with capacity up to 250 guests, including indoor/outdoor spaces, private dining rooms, and full-service catering.
• Catering Off-premise catering services for events with customizable menus and full-service dining options, including family meal packages.
• Bocce Leagues Organized bocce league programs including Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday night leagues, Tuesday Morning Senior League, and Sunday Raffa League with seasonal schedules and competitive play.
• Gift Cards Digital and physical gift cards available for purchase through the ToastTab platform for use at the restaurant and bocce facility.
• Academic Fundraiser Program Building Brilliance academic fundraising program where Campo di Bocce donates 15% of food sales to school programs during designated one-week periods.

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Tom Albanese and Investor GroupcoreOthers · 1 January 1997Tom Albanese built his own bocce court in his backyard and then interested his bocce friends in investing in the business venture. A local lumberyard property was purchased and Campo di Bocce opened in 1997.
• United States Bocce FederationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCampo di Bocce is a United States Bocce Federation affiliated Bocce Club. The venue hosts multiple regional, national, and international competitions under the federation's sanctioning, including the 2000 friendship games with China, Italy, and France, the 2002 National Bocce Championships, 2006 North American Championships, and 2007 National Bocce Championships.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Punch Bowl Social: Punch Bowl Social runs food-and-beverage venues built around social recreation (bowling, darts, games) with full bars and event programming. The "eat-drink-play" positioning is highly comparable to Campo's dining-plus-bocce-plus-events model.
• Pinstripes: Pinstripes operates upscale multi-unit venues combining bocce and bowling with Italian-American inspired dining, full bar, and private event hosting. It is the closest publicly scaled analog to Campo di Bocce's bocce-plus-Italian restaurant-plus-events model.

Broad incumbents

• Maggiano's Little Italy: Maggiano's Little Italy is a national Italian-American full-service restaurant chain with strong banquet and private event business. Comparable Italian cuisine plus large-group event hosting, without the recreational component.
• Bowlero: Bowlero is the largest U.S. bowling-center operator with entertainment, food, and beverage offerings and group event programming. Overlaps with Campo's recreation-plus-events-plus-F&B model at a much larger scale.
• Buca di Beppo: Buca di Beppo is a family-style Italian restaurant chain specializing in large-party and group dining with strong private-event utilization. Comparable Italian-cuisine + group-event positioning, though without bocce courts.
• Il Fornaio: Il Fornaio is a California-rooted upscale Italian full-service restaurant group with banquet and private event capabilities. Comparable Italian-cuisine and event-hosting offering, but lacks the bocce/recreation differentiator.
• Dave & Buster's: Dave & Buster's combines arcade and recreational gaming with full bar/restaurant service and private event packages. Overlaps with Campo on the entertainment-plus-F&B-plus-private-events bundle, though at a national, family-arcade scale.
• Topgolf: Topgolf is a scaled entertainment-venue operator combining a signature recreational activity (golf-based gaming) with food, beverage, and group/private events. Comparable in the recreation-plus-F&B-plus-events structure but operates at a national scale Campo has not pursued.
• Lucky Strike Entertainment: Lucky Strike operates upscale bowling, gaming, and dining venues with full bars and private event space. Comparable recreation-plus-hospitality model, though anchored on bowling rather than bocce.

Regional players

• Casa de Bandini: Casa de Bandini is a historic Italian-themed restaurant and event venue in San Diego with full bar and banquet facilities. Comparable Italian-cuisine-plus-events positioning in a different Southern California geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/campodiboccelosgatos
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/campo-di-bocce
• Instagraminstagram.com/campodiboccelg

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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