Posted on July 17, 2011 by bayareafoodie
What did we do for our 5 year wedding anniversary? We went to one of the best restaurants in the world…the French Laundry owned by Chef Thomas Keller!! How did we get a reservation? See below. It was a gorgeous July day in the Napa valley when we arrived for our three hour lunch. As we entered [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, TOP RATED RESTAURANTS | Tagged: best restaurant in the world, food, how to get a reservation at the french laundry, napa, review, The French Laundry, thomas keller, travel, wine, Yountville | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 26, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Yes, we like meat! As stated in my Farmstead post we were impressed with the beef served so we decided to join the Long Meadow Ranch grass-fed meat club. There are many advantages to eating grass-fed meat: lower fat & calories plus it’s rich in Omega 3 fatty acids. We signed up in December and received our [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS | Tagged: bbq, food, Grass-fed Beef club, Long Meadow Ranch, napa, steaks | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 25, 2011 by bayareafoodie
Mike and I had lunch at Farmstead on one of our many trips to Napa to work on our Crushpad wine. The restaurant is unique because it sources many of the ingredients from Long Meadow Ranch including all-natural grass-fed beef, vegetables, extra virgin olive oil, and honey. If you venture outside they also have a garden and a [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: Farmstead Restaurant, food, Long Meadow Ranch, napa, review, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 20, 2010 by bayareafoodie
The dude behind BarBersQ is now the chef at Fish Story which is located in the snazzy new Napa Riverfront area. As soon as I heard lobster was on the menu I made a reservation. The first thing our waitress told us upon being seated was that their seafood is all sourced in accordance with [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: Fish Story Napa, food, FRIED CLAMS, lobster roll, review, travel | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 18, 2010 by bayareafoodie
I don’t know if I have mentioned this but we are making wine at Crushpad which means we spent most of the month of October in Napa sorting, punching and pressing our Pinot Noir grapes. I will tell you more about that experience in another post. On one of our many weekends we decided to [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: dim sum, Dim Sum Charlie's, food, food truck, napa, review, street food, travel | Leave a Comment »
Posted on July 13, 2010 by bayareafoodie
Guest post by Mike (my wine guy) On one of our recent trips to Napa, Nicole and I decided to visit Cade Winery (a PlumpJack property) because we had tasted their wine at Pebble Beach Food & Wine and were impressed. The winery is located at the top of Howell Mountain which takes a bit [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: CADE Winery, Gold LEED certified, napa, plumpjack | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 9, 2010 by bayareafoodie
If you’re looking for Memphis style BBQ in Napa look no further than BarBersQ. The place is rockin’ — literally. Mike couldn’t stop shimmying his shoulders as classic R&B and Neo Soul tunes piped through the restaurant. You’d think this being a barbecue joint I would order ribs or pulled pork but I had heard [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: barbecue, BarBersQ, fried chicken, napa, restaurant, review | 2 Comments »
Posted on June 6, 2010 by bayareafoodie
Thomas Keller’s Ad Hoc serves up Brunch every Sunday from 10-1pm and it’s become supremely popular. We arrived at 10:10 and the placed was full by 10:30. It’s a 3 course meal for $34. I had heard from others that the Brunch menu included Bouchon pastries, yogurt and then a choice of a breakfasty main [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: ad hoc, brunch, napa, review, thomas keller, Yountville | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 17, 2009 by bayareafoodie
Mike and I took my sister and her husband to Napa for a weekend before they moved from the Bay Area to Hawaii. We decided we would dine at Bottega, Michael Chiarello’s newest creation. On the night we arrived he was actually in the house. While waiting for our table he walked through the bar [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: bottega, Michael Chiarello, napa, napastyle, restaurant, review, Yountville | 1 Comment »
Posted on November 15, 2009 by bayareafoodie
Boon Fly is a cozy cafe located in a bright red barn facade at the Carneros Inn (a Plumpjack resort) in Napa. It is a casual set up with a homey menu. The night we went I ordered the Fried Chicken and Mike had the Meatloaf special. Mike’s meal came with a large carafe of [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, Northern CA, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK | Tagged: Boon Fly Cafe, Carneros Inn, fried chicken, napa, review | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 27, 2008 by bayareafoodie
I found out about Alexis Baking Company from a Napa local. It’s known for having awesome breakfast and baked goods. As soon as I heard they serve eggs benedict it was put on my list of things to do. We arrived early on a Sunday morning and the joint was jumpin’. If you’re from the [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley | Tagged: Alexis Baking Company, breakfast, downtown napa, eggs benedict, food | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 26, 2008 by bayareafoodie
We were excited to try chef Cindy Pawlcyn’s restaurant Go Fish since we had a fantastic meal at her other establishment Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen earlier this year. When we arrived the decor was similar to other Pawlcyn joints — homey and comfortable. The menu was a cross between a Pier 39 seafood shack (with items [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley | Tagged: Cindy Pawlcyn, food, go fish, napa, restaurant, review, St. Helena | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 25, 2008 by bayareafoodie
I was amazed to find that Mike had never been to the Coppola winery in Napa since his favorite filmmaker is Francis Ford Coppola. Mike told me he had tried a couple Coppola wines in the past and was not overly impressed so he didn’t have an interest in visiting the winery. Well, I thought [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley | Tagged: Francis Ford Coppola, napa, Niebaum Coppola Winery, Rosso & Bianco, Rubicon Estate Winery, wine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 24, 2008 by bayareafoodie
For 20 years Tra Vigne has been a Napa staple serving up classic Italian cuisine. When we arrived we were seated in a large booth in the gorgeous open air dining room. We started our dinner with the hand made mozzarella and garlic crostini. It’s as fresh as you can get as it is made [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley | Tagged: food, italian, restaurant, review, St. Helena, Tra Vigne | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 20, 2008 by bayareafoodie
After seeing the movie Bottle shock Mike and I were curious to check out one of the wineries that put Napa on the map. The Chateau is nestled in the hills of Calistoga. They definitely took some creative license with the film since the drive up didn’t look at all familiar. The estate on the [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley | Tagged: 1973 Chardonnay, bottle shock movie, calistoga, Chateau Montelena, James Barrett, wine, winery | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 19, 2008 by bayareafoodie
If you can believe it we have never been to the Bouchon Bakery. Since it’s located across the street from NapaStyle we decided to stop by and grab some sweets and breakfast for the following morning. It’s a tiny little shop with many french bakery items to choose from. We purchased the following: Everything was [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley | Tagged: Bouchon Bakery, french, pastries, thomas keller, tko, Yountville | Leave a Comment »
Posted on November 18, 2008 by bayareafoodie
We headed back to Napa for my bday weekend. First stop was Michael Chiarello’s flagship NapaStyle store in Yountville. It was not exactly what I expected. The space was small and packed to the gills. Things it has that you won’t find at other locations include an olive oil bar, house-made salami section as well [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley | Tagged: cafe, Michael Chiarello, napastyle, Panini, Paninoteca & Wine Bar, V Marketplace, Yountville | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 29, 2008 by bayareafoodie
Mike and I spend a good amount of time in Napa so we of course had to see Bottle Shock. When I saw the previews I was a bit worried that a movie about a 1976 wine tasting competition between the hippies of Napa and the wine snobs of France could get boring fast. Fortunately [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, VERY RANDOM THOUGHTS | Tagged: Bottle Shock, france, movie, review, wine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 10, 2008 by bayareafoodie
Mike’s kind of a wine connoisseur. Before we met my wine of choice was a glass of Boone’s Farm Strawberry Hill or Sutter Home’s White Zinfandel. Growing up in an alcohol free home I missed out on Wine 101. Over the years with Mike’s guidance my palate has changed. These days I find myself liking [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley | Tagged: food, Insignia, Insignia Blending Seminar, Joseph Phelps, napa, wine, wine tasting, winery | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 7, 2008 by bayareafoodie
Typical conversation about Ad Hoc: Have you been to Ad Hoc? Did you have the fried chicken? Oh, my gosh it’s the best chicken I’ve ever eaten. It’s life changing bla,bla,bla Back in May we did go to Ad hoc but not on fried chicken night. We instead had a marvelous pork dinner. If you [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley | Tagged: ad hoc, food, fried chicken, napa, review, thomas keller, Yountville | Leave a Comment »
Posted on August 6, 2008 by bayareafoodie
I read about the Round Pond olive oil tour and tasting on Giada’s Weekend Getaway to Napa recap on the food network website. It sounded like fun so Mike and I went July 26th. The tour was very private with only 6 people. It began outside next to the olive trees with a discussion about [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley | Tagged: food, napa, olive mill, olive oil, olive oil tour, Round Pond Estate, Rutherford, tasting | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 19, 2008 by bayareafoodie
Ad Hoc is a fairly new restaurant in Yountville from the famous chef Thomas Keller (the French laundry/Bouchon). When you enter the building you will feel as though you stepped into a Pottery Barn catalog. The decor is casual and homey yet hip and fun. Ad Hoc is billed as a family style restaurant which [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, PLACES TO EAT/DRINK, TOP RATED RESTAURANTS | Tagged: ad hoc, Bouchon, family style, food, french laundry, napa, review, thomas keller, wine, Yountville | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 18, 2008 by bayareafoodie
I had heard rave reviews about Solbar the restaurant in the new Solage resort in Calistoga. A bit off the beaten path, Solbar is an interesting mix of hip Napa style and a tropical island. The dining area is split in two — indoor and outdoor. It’s very open and airy and when you are [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley | Tagged: ca, calistoga, food, napa, pork buns, review, sliders, solage, solbar, wine | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 15, 2008 by bayareafoodie
For our first night in Napa we decided to check out Cindy’s Backstreet Kitchen in St. Helena. The owner Cindy Pawlcyn, is the James Beard award-winning cookbook author, Chef and owner of Mustards Grill, so we knew it would be good. It was a beautiful evening so we chose to sit outside on the small [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley, TOP RATED RESTAURANTS | Tagged: Cindy Pawlcyn, cindy's backstreet kitchen, duck, food, James Beard, jazz, mustards grill, napa, review, St. Helena, wine | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 14, 2008 by bayareafoodie
We have been going to Napa for many years. For the first time we decided to check out the Del Dotto Cave Experience & Barrel Tasting as it was recommended by a friend. The tour starts off with some history about the winery owner, some background about the caves and info on the different kinds [...]
Filed under: Napa Valley | Tagged: barrels, caves, Del Dotto, food, napa, tasting, tour, wine, winery | Leave a Comment »
= 
