Dining Discoveries
Sonoma County
Mirepoix,
Located in a charming home in downtown
www.restaurantmirepoix.com
Central Market,
Slow Food, Good Served. Central Market found a home in 2003 in the handsome circa 1920 brick
www.centralmarketpetaluma.com
Mendocino County
Patrona Bistro and Wine Bar- Ukiah,
130
707.462.9181.
St. Orres, Gualala
St. Orres is a unique sanctuary nestled in the towering redwoods and pines on the
Lake County
Blue Wing Saloon & Café,
Right alongside the renovated Tallman Hotel, the re-established Blue Wing Saloon & Cafe specializes in Comfort Food with a California Twist. Customers can take one of many seats outside near the garden and fountain in the fresh air, or opt for the beautiful interior at a table or the striking handcrafted walnut bar, reminiscent of the era when the original Blue Wing Saloon was a popular watering hole - from the 1880s to Prohibition. Open for Lunch and dinner.
(707)275-2244
The Saw Shop Gallery Bistro Dine al fresco, Kelseyville
On the wraparound porch or inside where walls of the circa-1902 building are festooned with local art. Complemented by a wine list knowledgeably crafted by owner Marie Beery, the menu features an eclectic selection of appetizers, entrees, and for smaller appetites, small plates. And its not over until the customers say so each night. Open Tuesday through Saturday. Reservations recommended.
(707)278-0129
Humboldt County
Samoa Cookhouse,
Every large or small logging or mill operation in the redwood country had a cookhouse. It was the hub of life in the temporary community, if it was in the woods. If it was located in a substantial settlement, it served as a "community center". If the cookhouse was set up to serve fifteen or twenty men in a shingle bolt camp, often a woman and her husband, with a helper or two called bullcooks, flunkeys or cookees, handled the cooking and serving. If the boarders numbered in the hundreds, a staff of dozens of men and women carried the demands of the task. "Come and get it!" was a familiar cry heard by millmen and brawny-armed longshoremen at the Hammond Lumber Company cookhouse - now the Louisiana-Pacific Samoa Cookhouse - at the beginning of the century. When "quitting" whistles blew, the men were more ready to sit down to a big meal.
(707)442-1659
www.samoacookhouse.net/samoa-cookhouse-museum.html
Avalon & Moonstone Grill,
Nestled on the Coastline our restaurant offers spectacular views of the
100 Moonstone Beach Road
(707) 677-1616
525 S. Main St.
Ukiah, CA 95482
Main: 866-goMendo Fax: 707-462-7598
Email: [email protected]
