Fill up on Fancy Fare: Sonoma County Restaurant Week Feb. 21-27

Posted on 21. Feb, 2011 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Healdsburg Events, Sonoma County Events, Sonoma County restaurants, Sonoma Events, Sonoma restaurants

Seven days of non-stop eating at bargain prices. Basically, that’s the beauty of Sonoma County Restaurant Week. And if its inaugural year was popular, this event’s second celebration is doubly so. In 2010, some four dozen of Sonoma’s top eateries banded together, with each restaurant offering a three-course prix-fixe menu at rock-bottom prices. In 2011, [...]

Pressing News: VinOlivo olive celebration coming up

Posted on 31. Jan, 2011 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Sonoma County Events, Sonoma Events

Mark your calendars – The sixth annual VinOlivo rolls around Feb. 18 at the Lodge at Sonoma, and with it comes one of the best parties of the season, in an elaborate display of food, wine, and yes, some olives to go along with it all. At this walk-around grand tasting and frolicking to benefit [...]

10 Best Wine Bars in Sonoma

Posted on 15. Nov, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine

1. Cellars of Sonoma It’s billed as a tasting room, but it’s really a fashionable bar and retail store, set on busy Fourth Street off Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square. Crowds pack in for this boutique collective of small labels (generally less than 2,500-case production) filling the eight seats at the bar, and the eight chairs [...]

You Say Tomato – Harvest Festivals Take Root in Bay Area

Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Carey Sweet in Blog, Food & Wine, Sonoma County Events

Summer may have come late this year, but there’s proof positive that it’s finally here. The Bay area is awash in tomato festivals, with numerous heirloom harvest celebrations taking place across the North Bay in September. Crazy weather, yes? It’s been the coldest summer on record since 1975, and tomatoes simply didn’t get the heat [...]

Be First to Enjoy Sonoma County Restaurant Week

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by gina in Blog, Food & Wine