Sonoma Restaurants
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1. Animo
$$$$ | |Even before charting on Esquire's list of 2022's best new restaurants, the intimate, bungalowlike establishment of New York City transplant Joshua Smookler (formerly chef at his own Mu Ramen and Thomas Keller's Per Se) was already drawing a crowd for its mash-up of Basque, Jewish, and Korean cuisines. Smookler, whose wife, Heidy He, runs the front of the house, consistently delights with idiosyncratic flavor combinations in dishes like feather-cut ibérico pork, lobster in XO sauce, grilled whole turbot, and dry-aged rib eye.
18976 Sonoma Hwy., Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-721–1160Known For
- Open-hearth kitchen
- Cheesecake and other desserts
- No web presence so must call for reservations
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Mon. and Tues. No lunch -
2. Cafe La Haye
$$ | |In a postage-stamp-size open kitchen (the dining room, its white walls adorned with contemporary art, is nearly as compact), chef Jeffrey Lloyd turns out understated, sophisticated fare emphasizing seasonably available local ingredients. Meats, pastas, and seafood get deluxe treatment without fuss or fanfare—and the daily risotto special is always worth trying.
140 E. Napa St., Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-935–5994Known For
- Napa-Sonoma wine list with French complements
- Signature butterscotch pudding
- Owner Saul Gropman on hand to greet diners
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun. and Mon. No lunch -
3. Edge
$$$$ | |Inside a former residence that received a high-design makeover down to its open-air patio, this restaurant began as an exclusive perk for Stone Edge Farm Estate's wine-club members; though now open to all, it still flies under the radar. Prix-fixe meals built around organically grown ingredients from the winery's nearby farm might include an appetizer like tuna adorned with crispy shallots, kumquats, and cashews followed by a salad of picked-the-same-day greens and a sensitively spiced fish, meat, or vegetarian entrée.
139 E. Napa St., Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-935–6520Known For
- Regenerative farming techniques employed in the vineyard and culinary garden
- Prix-fixe rate that includes wine pairings
- Wine tasting Thursday–Sunday noon–5
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Sun.–Tues. No lunch -
4. LaSalette Restaurant
$$$ | |Born in the Azores and raised in Sonoma, chef-owner Manuel Azevedo serves cuisine inspired by his native Portugal in this warmly decorated spot with a heated patio out front. The wood-oven whole-roasted fish is always worth trying, and there are usually boldly flavored pork dishes, along with a casserole, pot roast, stew, salted cod, and other hearty fare.
452 1st St. E, Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-938–1927Known For
- Authentic Portuguese cuisine
- Sophisticated spicing
- Rice pudding with Madeira-braised fig for dessert
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Wed. -
5. Sonoma Eats
$ | |Chef Efrain Balmes attracted such throngs for his "real Mexican food" truck specializing in his native Oaxacan cuisine that he finally went full brick-and-mortar, sharing space with (and pretty much taking over) an existing coffee roastery. The tacos—fish, shrimp, potato, mushroom, pork, and an outstanding lamb one—and the signature mole Oaxaqueño sauce are the must-tries here, the latter with either an enchilada or the "wet supreme burrito."
18133 Sonoma Hwy., Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-939–1905Known For
- All-day Taco Tuesday specials
- Tamales with pickled jalapeños
- Mexican beers, sodas, and agua frescas
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Mon. -
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6. The Girl & the Fig
$$ | |At this hot spot for inventive French cooking inside the historic Sonoma Hotel bar, you can always find a dish with the signature figs on the menu, whether it's a fig-and-arugula salad or an aperitif blending sparkling wine with fig liqueur. Also look for duck confit, a burger with matchstick fries, and wild flounder meunière.
110 W. Spain St., Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-938–3634Known For
- Rhône-wines emphasis
- Artisanal cheese and charcuterie platters
- Weekly changing three-course prix-fixe option
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7. Valley Bar + Bottle
$$$ | |The team behind this wine shop, bar, and restaurant across from Sonoma Plaza revamped a 19th-century adobe (though inside you'd never know it's this old) and expanded its outdoor patio, where most dining takes place. Sustainably produced seafood and meats find their way into "California home cooking"—summer dishes that might include halibut with corn and cherry tomatoes and winter ones like pork adobo or a half chicken with broccoli.
487 1st St. W, Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-934–8403Known For
- XO deviled eggs, shrimp rolls, and other small plates
- Organically and biodynamically farmed wines by iconoclastic producers
- Weekend brunch with traditional fare plus less common alternatives
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Tues. and Wed. -
8. Wit & Wisdom Tavern
$$$ | |A San Francisco culinary star with establishments worldwide, Michael Mina debuted his first Wine Country restaurant in 2020, its interior of charcoal grays, browns, and soft whites dandy indeed, if by evening vying with outdoor spaces aglow with firepits and lighted water features. Seasonal regional ingredients—Pacific Coast fish, pasture-raised meats, freshly plucked produce—go into haute-homey dishes, prepared open-fire, that include pizzas, handmade pastas, and the signature lobster potpie with brandied lobster cream and black truffle.
1325 Broadway, Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-931–3405Known For
- 3–5 happy hour's beverage and app selections
- Many local wines on award-winning list
- Prix-fixe Night at the Tavern tasting menu
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Mon. and Tues. No lunch -
9. Della Santina's
$$$ | |After three decades of serving Tuscan-inspired cuisine, this restaurant with a plant-filled heated and tented back patio has developed a homey patina enhanced by brickwork, a fountain, family photos, and other old-school touches. Likewise with the food, you won't find belabored technique or froufrou preparations, only soulful renditions of northern Italy's greatest hits—veal scallopini, mushroom ravioli, pappardelle with rich duck ragout—from two generations of family recipes.
133 E. Napa St., Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-935–0576Known For
- Pillowy gnocchi Nonna
- Italian and California wine selections
- Adjacent Enoteca Della Santina wine bar
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10. El Dorado Kitchen
$$ | |This restaurant owes its visual appeal to its clean lines and svelte decor, but the eye inevitably drifts westward to the open kitchen, where longtime executive chef Armando Navarro's team crafts dishes full of subtle surprises. The menu might include ceviche or roasted maitake mushrooms as starters and pan-roasted salmon, fettuccine carbonara, or paella awash with seafood among the entrées.
405 1st St. W, Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-996–3030Known For
- Subtle tastes and textures
- Truffle-oil fries with Parmesan
- Takeout window for Mexican (plus the spicy burger)
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11. El Molino Central
$ | |The goodness at Karen Waikiki's roadside restaurant, which has more tables outside than in, starts with high-quality ingredients and authentic techniques. The stars include tamales (chicken mole and Niman Ranch pork), tacos filled with beer-battered fish or crispy beef, ahi tostadas poke style, and enchiladas and burritos.
11 Central Ave., Boyes Hot Springs, California, 95476, USA707-939–1010Known For
- Crispy three-cheese potato tacos
- Handmade tortillas and tamales from organic stone-ground heritage corn
- Breakfast chilaquiles Merida (Friday--Sunday morning)
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Rate Includes: Reservations not accepted -
12. Kivelstadt Cellars & WineGarten
$$ | |"The beer garden concept but with wine" is how winemaker Jordan Kivelstadt describes his roadhouse operation in southern Sonoma. Conventional wine tastings of Kivelstadt's sometimes unconventional wines take place here, with the outdoor space a lively combination restaurant and wine bar where local families and tourists mix it up while enjoying comfort fare that might include sweet-potato tacos, veggie potpie, smoked-chicken tostadas, and a mushroom Cubano on focaccia.
22900 Broadway, Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-938–7001Known For
- One-stop wine tasting and dining
- Vegan/vegetarian options
- Outdoor area good for travelers with pets and children
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Tues. and Wed. No dinner (but check website) -
13. Lou's Luncheonette
$$ | |Down-home Southern cuisine with modern flourishes remains the mission of this retro-yet-au-courant roadside restaurant—originally the Fremont Diner—whose vineyard-view outdoor patio has a backyard-party vibe. Local families and tourists savor biscuits and gravy, hash-brown casserole, and the fried-chicken waffle for breakfast, with more fried chicken, multiple burgers and barbecue dishes, and a sloppy-good shrimp po'boy among the lunchtime attractions.
2698 Fremont Dr., Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-938–7370Known For
- Signature spicy Nashville fried chicken
- Deviled eggs, hush puppies, and biscuits with jam or honey
- Spicy cheesy grits
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Mon. and Tues. No dinner, Reservations not accepted -
14. Oso Sonoma
$$$ | |Chef David Bush, who achieved national recognition for his food pairings at St. Francis Winery, owns this barlike small-plates restaurant inside an 1890s storefront, erected as a livery stable, that incorporates materials reclaimed from the building's prior incarnations. Starters often include oysters, ceviche, and deviled eggs with Dungeness crab and homemade yellow curry, meant to be enjoyed before moving on to braised-pork-shoulder tacos, shrimp and cheesy grits, or an achiote chicken sandwich.
9 E. Napa St., Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-931–6926Known For
- Plaza location
- Smart beer and wine selections
- Sonoma Dreamer (Griffo gin, St. Germaine, grapefruit, lemon), blood-orange margarita, and other craft cocktails
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Tues. and Wed. -
15. Santé
$$$$ | | AmericanElegant Santé is the Fairmont resort's restaurant for haute cuisine focusing on seasonal local ingredients. You can dine à la carte, but the intricate dishes on the chef's tasting menu make it worth trading up.
Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn & Spa, 100 Boyes Blvd./Hwy. 12, Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-938–9000Known For
- Chef's tasting menu
- Excellent wines
- Elegant setting
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: No lunch -
16. Sausage Emporium
$$ | |The owner of this combination restaurant and marketplace escorts her customers on a round-the-world journey via artisanal sausages—traditional links and savory pork, beef, duck, and chicken variations. In her bright storefront edging Sonoma Plaza's southern edge (there's also a patio out back), sausages also appear in sandwiches, tartines, and impressively moist biscuits with creamy sausage gravy.
31 E. Napa St., Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-934–8814Known For
- Local beers and wines
- Sausage and charcuterie flights
- All-day breakfast
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Mon. and Tues. No dinner -
17. Sonoma Grille and Bar
$$$ | |Decorated in shades of brown and white and softly lit at night, the Grille is the type of spot where old schoolers start a meal by washing down oysters on the half shell with a stiff gin martini or cut to the chase with vodka oyster shooters. The menu at lunch and dinner skews heavily surf but covers all the turf bases with grilled, baked, or roasted beef, lamb, pork, chicken, and fish dishes, plus risotto and pasta plates.
165 W. Napa St., Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-938–7542Known For
- Daily steak and seafood specials
- Sandwiches and a Niman Ranch quarter-pound burger for lunch
- Tented patio out back
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Mon. and Tues. -
18. Sunflower Caffé
$ | |Whimsical art and brightly painted walls set a jolly tone at this casual eatery whose assets include the verdant patio out back. Omelets, biscuits, and waffles are the hits at breakfast, with the grilled cheese sandwich and smoked-duck sandwich, the latter served on a sourdough hero roll with garlic aioli, two favorites for lunch.
421 1st St. W, Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-996–6645Known For
- Combination café, gallery, and wine bar
- Local cheeses and hearty soups
- No-tipping policy
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: No dinner -
19. Sweet Scoops
$ | |The scent of waffle cones baking draws patrons into this family-run parlor serving artisanal ice cream made fresh daily. Butter brickle, peach custard, Oreos and cream, and salted caramel are among the alternating flavors that include sorbets and sometimes sherbets, and always vegan options.
408 1st St. E, Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-721–1187Known For
- Peppy decor and staffers
- Husband and wife owners
- Sister property Darling six blocks away for more of the same, plus ice-cream cakes
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20. Tasca Tasca Portuguese Tapas Restaurant & Wine Bar
$$ | |Sonoma dining—or nibbling, given the portion sizes—received a boost when Azores-born chef Manuel Azevedo opened this retro-contempo tavern dedicated to small Portuguese bites. Dividing his menu into five parts—Cheese, Garden, Sea, Land, Sweet—Azevedo, who also owns the nearby restaurant LaSalette, serves everything from hearty caldo verde stew, pork sliders, smoked duck breast, and salted codfish cakes to São Jorge cheese topped with marmalade.
122 W. Napa St., Sonoma, California, 95476, USA707-996–8272Known For
- Portuguese wines
- Dessert mousses and sorbets
- Good for lunch
Restaurant Details
Rate Includes: Closed Wed.
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