The Graton Resort & Casino opening in Rohnert Park this fall will be huge, coming in at $800 million and 320,000 square feet, with some 5,000 parking spaces. But the chef names at the restaurants just announced are big, too. As in world class. Setting up shop in the casino at Highway 101 and Wilfred Read more…
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Eat Your Way to Aid for Japan
The Bay area’s connection to Japan’s earthquake and tsunami devastation continues to deepen. Local restaurants are joining the cause by hosting Japan fundraisers, but few are as closely connected to the tragedy in the Tohoku region than Hiro Sone and Sho Kamio. Hiro is chef/co-owner of Terra Restaurant & Bar Terra in St. Helena, plus Read more…
Douglas Keane’s Shimo Brings “Modern Steak” to Healdsburg
When was the last time you had a $195 steak? With the opening of Shimo Modern Steak in downtown Healdsburg this past Friday night, you now can, rounded out with an oyster appetizer ($16), a romaine salad ($13), and a side of cauliflower gratin ($11). Yet Shimo being the work of Cyrus owners Douglas Keane Read more…
New h2hotel Healdsburg Breaks Ground in Edgier, High-Style Accommodations
Lean, mean and green. That could be the tag line for h2hotel, which opened last week in Healdsburg. It’s lean: only 36 guest rooms on a postage stamp size property of 24,000 square feet about a block south of Healdsburg Plaza. It’s mean – as in priced right for modern day thinner-wallets – with rooms Read more…