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First and Franklin Marketplace
Downtown Napa's Go-To Deli, Wine Shop and Market. In June 2020, three months later than originally scheduled, owners Chuck and Carly Meyer and Michael and Claire Holcomb took a chance on opening First and...
Heritage Eats
Tripling Their Love and Commitment to Napa’s Community Ben and Ali Koenig opened Heritage Eats in Napa’s Bel Aire Plaza in 2015 to bring the valley a fast-casual, globally-inspired restaurant concept that thinks and acts...
Southside Café
Love In Every Bite A café is more than a café when the next visit cannot come soon enough. Great food plus good vibes - That’s where the wow factor comes in at Southside Café. At all three restaurants—Carneros, the...
Napa Palisades Saloon And Beer Company
Moving Full Steam Ahead Napa Palisades Saloon and Beer Company is celebrating five years in business in 2020. Owner Chuck Meyer attributes their success to his team and their willingness to remain...
Napa Valley’s Best Burgers
With Napa Valley’s most planted grape variety being Cabernet Sauvignon, it is befitting that many of the area’s restaurants have burgers on their menus. Whether made from ground beef, lamb, pork, premier cuts of ribeye, or...
Napa Valley’s Best Pizza
That's Amore! Early immigrants to the Napa Valley include Italians and Swiss-Italians, who arrived in Napa County as early as the 1860s and whose immigration here continued for many decades. This history, combined with the...
Sweetie Pies Pivots
Satisfying More Than a Sweet Tooth Toni Chiappetta took a slight detour this past spring from baking her popular pies, cakes, and cookies. The longtime proprietor of the Napa Mill-located Sweetie Pies saw a need, and she...
The Origins of Napa Valley’s Culinary Scene
What was the first restaurant in Napa County? That depends on the definition of “restaurant.” When Harrison Pierce erected the Empire Saloon on Main Street near Third in 1848, he became the...
Food Trucks – Napa Valley’s Street Food
Napa Valley has a distinguished reputation as one of North America’s top culinary destinations, touting over 30 Michelin-rated restaurants, six with Michelin stars. But some of Napa’s most delectable menus can be found...
Breaking the Mold with Food & Wine Pairings
While serving an elegant Chardonnay with baked fish or a full-bodied Cabernet Sauvignon with a juicy steak are safe bets for wine pairings, the recent explosion of fresh styles of cuisine has created exciting opportunities...
Y. Rousseau Wines
Son of a Butcher Hits the Sweet Spot It takes courage and daring to launch a wine brand in the midst of a pandemic… even to your own club. While there is no question that stay-at-homers enjoyed their wine more than ever...
The Gabrielle Collection taste +
A taste of a Life Well Lived: The Gabrielle Collection taste + There is a mindset which fastens to the earth in an ecological pursuit of balance and viability. A philosophy rooted in organic and sustainable...
Chilling Out at Napa Noodles
Notice the intoxicating aromas wafting along 1st Street in downtown Napa? The source, no doubt, is Napa Noodles. Third in the group that includes Eiko’s Modern Japanese Cuisine and Eiko’s Hawaiian Fish Market at Oxbow, this...
Sequoia Grove Winery – Wine and Food Pairings
Sequoia Grove Winery has been crafting exceptional Napa Valley wines since 1979, each exhibiting the true expression of varietal and terroir. As one of Rutherford’s premier Cabernet Sauvignon producers, Sequoia Grove...
Salute Sante!
Salute Sante! gives back and donates to Napa restaurants to feed First Responders & Healthcare Workers Valentin Humer, CEO and founder of Salute Santé! has always been quick with ideas and quick to act on them. When it...
Chef Jose Mejia of Olive & Hay- The Big Italian Salad Recipe
After working several years at Chicago’s iconic Pump Room, Chef Jose Mejia yearned for the sunny skies of California. The Florida native, though proud of his work and trajectory in the Windy City, was tiring of...
Executive Chef Rodrigo Cuadra – Pasta with Lamb Ragout
Silverado Resort's Executive Chef Rodrigo Cuadra Comes Home Rodrigo Cuadra discovered his love of cooking at an early age. As a child growing up in Miami, he loved watching his grandmother cook, and he preferred...
Solage Resort’s Solbar – Solbar Fish Taco Recipe
The Sun Shines Anew on Solage Resort's Solbar There is no question that stunning Solage, an Auberge Resort, elevates Calistoga’s rustic vibe without compromising the town’s unofficial motto, ‘Relax…it’s...
Chef Frankie Lopez – Heirloom Tomato Salad Recipe
Chef Frankie Lopez Said His Team is His Most Delicious Creation Food At just 36, Francisco Lopez Jr. is the executive chef presiding over Chef Charlie Palmer’s downtown Napa restaurants at the Archer Hotel- Charlie Palmer...
Forks and Corks
A CELEBRATION OF FOOD & WINE IN NAPA VALLEY “ The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of mankind than the discovery of a star.” -Anthelme Brillat-Savarin Napa Valley Life Magazine is excited to present...
