Remember a Negroni or Martini? The North Bay’s best bartenders certainly do. But these days, they’re shaking things up – quite literally – basing their drinks on fresh ingredients and often unexpected flavors. Some are even growing cocktail gardens, to ensure the best possible sources for hand-plucked mint, lemon verbana, and more obscure fruits like Read more…
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Mateo’s Cocina Latina Brings New Heat to Healdsburg
Chef Mateo Granados has always had the credentials, having worked at some of Northern California’s finest restaurants. He has always had the world-class cooking, in a signature style called “modern Yucatán.” He has always had the customers, who throng to his catered events, his sit-down meals served from farmers’ markets booths, and more recently, his Read more…
10 Best Wine Bars in Sonoma
Planning a night out on the town in Wine Country? Consider visiting one of our top 10 best wine bars in Sonoma County. 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 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…