A review of the Napa General Store dining experience
The Cork Board team decided to have breakfast at the Napa General Store a few weekends ago. Located in downtown Napa, the Napa General Store is housed in the Historic Napa Mill along with Napa River...
View ArticleGood eats: strong showing for Napa Valley restaurants in ’08 Michelin Guide
Any frequent diner is familiar with the Zagat Survey and Zagat-rated restaurants–it’s actually hard to avoid. Well, Zagat is beginning to get some serious competition from the company who brought us...
View ArticleA review of the Ad Hoc dining experience
A few weekends ago, we dined at Thomas Keller’s third restaurant installment, Ad Hoc. The restaurant was originally going to be open temporarily and then replaced by a low key burger joint. Fortunately...
View ArticleA review of the Ubuntu dining experience
Over Memorial Day weekend, we decided to take a leap into the unknown world of vegetarian cuisine and dined at Ubuntu Restaurant and Yoga Studio. Located in downtown Napa’s restaurant row, Ubuntu’s...
View ArticleThe Chanric Inn, 25° Brix reviewed, new Napa crush blog now online
No, we’ve not fallen in a ditch never to return. We’ve been busy with work, life and working out a few technical glitches with the old blog. We’re not quite 100% back up and running–still having some...
View ArticleA review of Yountville’s Redd
Just about this time last year we paid a visit to Redd in Yountville for lunch (see our photos). Overall, it was an enjoyable visit–good service, good food and good wine. We’d certainly heard loads of...
View ArticleWhich Napa Valley restaurants made the 2009 edition of the Michelin Guide?
[Note: WordPress seems to have eaten our original entry, so this is a re-post of what we originally published on October 13th] Details on the 2009 edition of the Bay Area and Wine Country Michelin...
View ArticleA review of the Bottega Ristorante dining experience
Last week we (finally) made our way to Chef Michael Chiarello’s newest restaurant, Bottega, in Yountville to actually grab a bite to eat. We went for a late lunch, which enabled us to get a good...
View ArticleA review of the Neela’s dining experience
One recent, rainy Friday afternoon, we decided to have lunch at Neela’s. Located in downtown Napa, Neela’s offers traditional Indian Cuisine prepared in an approachable, contemporary style. Having...
View ArticleA review of the dining experience at downtown Napa’s The Border
A few weeks back we ate at one of downtown Napa’s newest restaurant installations, The Border. The restaurant is operated by Pablo and Erasto Jacinto, who rose through the ranks working for the likes...
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