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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.
Shortly after graduating from a local college's culinary program, chef Carlos Mojica opened this Latin American–Caribbean restaurant with a handful of tables inside and out front. Loyalists pine for chicken or pork sliders, halibut crudo, and pupusas (corn tortillas stuffed with cheese and pork or vegetables), a prelude to entrées like fish tacos with chili-yogurt sauce and Caribbean-style paella suffused with smoky-garlicky tomato broth.
