Napa and Sonoma Restaurants

Farm-to-table Modern American cuisine is the prevalent style in the Napa Valley and Sonoma County, but this encompasses both the delicate preparations of Yountville’s Thomas Keller, whose restaurants include The French Laundry, and the upscale comfort food served throughout the Wine Country. The quality (and hype) often means high prices, but you can find appealing, inexpensive eateries, especially in Napa, Calistoga, Sonoma, and Santa Rosa.

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  • 1. Glen Ellen Star

    $$$

    Chef Ari Weiswasser honed his craft at The French Laundry, Daniel, and other bastions of culinary finesse, but his Sonoma Valley outpost revolves around haute-rustic cuisine, much of it emerging from a wood-fired oven. In 2022, Weiswasser turned the day-to-day reins over to a new chef de cuisine, but the mainstay crisp-crusted, richly sauced Margherita and other pizzas continue to thrive in the oven's torrid heat, as do tender whole fish entrées and vegetables roasted in small iron skillets.

    13648 Arnold Dr., Glen Ellen, California, 95442, USA
    707-343–1384

    Known For

    • Outdoor dining area
    • Prix-fixe Wednesday "neighborhood night" menu with free corkage
    • Weiswasser's sauces, emulsions, and spices

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: No lunch, Reservations essential
  • 2. Les Pascals

    $ | Coffee

    A bright-yellow slice of France in downtown Glen Ellen, this combination pâtisserie, boulangerie, and café takes its name from its husband-and-wife owners, Pascal and Pascale Merle. Pascal whips up croissants, breads, turnovers, and sweet treats like Napoleons, galettes, and eclairs, along with quiches, potpies, and other savory fare; Pascale creates a cordial environment for customers to enjoy them.

    13758 Arnold Dr., Glen Ellen, California, 95442, USA
    707-934–8378

    Known For

    • Memorable French onion soup
    • Shaded back patio
    • High-test French and Italian coffee drinks

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Wed. No dinner
  • 3. The Mill at Glen Ellen

    $$

    The redwood-timbered main dining space of this comfort-food haven recalls the 19th-century heyday of the former sawmill (later a grist mill) it occupies, though when the weather's nice most patrons take their meals on a plant-filled outdoor deck with timeless Sonoma Creek views. Culinary influences from Latin America to Southeast Asia underlie dishes that might include fire-roasted achiote half chicken, wild poached salmon, and potato patties with red lentils and chutney.

    14301 Arnold Dr., Glen Ellen, California, 95442, USA
    707-721–1818

    Known For

    • Steak and Impossible burgers
    • Exotic desserts
    • Owner-chefs of local renown

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: Closed Mon. and Tues.
  • 4. Fig Cafe

    $$

    The compact menu at this cheerful bistro focuses on California and French comfort food—pot roast and duck confit, for instance, as well as flounder meunière and a few thin-crust pizzas. Steamed mussels are served with crispy fries, which also accompany the Chef's Burger (top sirloin with cheese), two of the many dependable dishes that have made the Fig a downtown Glen Ellen fixture.

    13690 Arnold Dr., Glen Ellen, California, 95442, USA
    707-938–2130

    Known For

    • Daily three-course prix-fixe specials
    • Rhône-oriented wine list
    • Fig and arugula salad

    Restaurant Details

    Rate Includes: No lunch, Reservations not accepted
  • 5. Yeti Restaurant

    $$

    Glen Ellen's finer restaurants emphasize seasonal local produce, but instead of riffs on French, Italian, or Cal-modern, the farm-to-table creations at this casual space (open kitchen, paper lanterns, wooden tables and chairs) fuse Indian and Himalayan cuisine. Start with samosas or tomato-based Himalayan pepper pot soup from Nepal—so warming on a chilly day—then proceed to curries, sizzling tandooris, or chicken, prawn, or vegetable biryanis of ethereally aromatic saffron basmati rice.

    14301 Arnold Dr., Glen Ellen, California, 95442, USA
    707-996–9930

    Known For

    • Deck overlooking Sonoma Creek
    • International beer selection
    • Ample wines by the glass
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