Eating out nearby.our favorites

Hole in the Wall - New June 2011. Breakfast, lunch and dinner 7 am to 9 pm daily, reasonable prices. Everything from savory crepes to hamburgers, lamb burgers and gumbo.Fresh ingredients, a young chef who serves love with his food. Located East on 116/Granvenstein Hwy (headed toward HW 101. On your right, a little shopping center with a Starbucks, it's across the street from the local Dairy Queen. Facebook page

The Village Bakery is just down from the Safeway store on the main drag (HW116) heading toward Forestville. Great coffee and wonderful baked goods including pecan sticky buns, croissants, bread, sandwiches, quiche,

Wild Flour Bread  >>more info: Web site is on the list for all of us out here. Organic brick oven baked--try the cinammon sticky bun bread on Sunday morning. (Fri.-Mon), Freestone (3 minutes).

Peter Lowell's Offering fresh pastry and coffee in the morning, and delicious "produce-based" (organic, vegetarian with local seafood and poultry thrown in for flexitarians) with an Italian flair. Ongoing art exhibit, located at the end of Florence St. (where the street is lined with Patrick Amiot's sculptures-be sure to see them) 7385 Healdsburg Ave. (Hwy. 116/Gravenstine Hwy.)  (707) 829.1077.

Sushi Tozai on 116 down from Safeway. New and delicious. Lovely decor.

Koffee Katz is a nice place to go for refreshments, sandwiches, sweet things. Some nights they have entertainment.

Screamin Mimi's is the local hand made/home made iceCreamery, delicious!

In Occidental
Bistro des Copains serves brick oven pizza, as well as full fine meals. On Wed. they have oysters for $1.00. Interesting wine selection. 3782 Bohemia Hwy. 874-2436. Dinner nightly, lunch Sat-Sun.
Occidental has Negri's where there is often live music and dancing. Also a bar in the Union Hotel and pizza and beer as well.

Bodega Bay

The Tides: Big slick seafood restaurant. Fast service, nice view of the Bay. Their fish market is good too. Fresh -- buy there, bring home The fishing boats are all there too.

From the owners of Mirepoix:
Bistro M Yum yum.
In lovely renovated Windsor Center, North about 15 minutes on 101. Read Reviews!

Many other restaurants on the square in Windsor-Thai, Italian, California...

John Ash, the premier winery restaurant. Posh, comfortable and delicious. Must have reservations.

...more close by:
Terrapin Creek  Local ingredients, fairly priced, tiny and dedicated to organic slow food. They serve local and global cuisines using seasonal and locally sourced ingredients. Visit Terrapin website.
875-2700 Th-Sun 11am-2:30//4:30-9pm
1580 Eastshore Rd. Bodega Bay, Ca. Directions.

Angelique... elegant pasteries, prepared for the the most demanding customers. Delicious cookies, cakes, scones - creamy hot chocolate (just like France), coffee drinks - open Friday and Saturday 10-5, serving "High Tea." They have a lovely quiet deck you can enjoy your treats there. OR..Available by ordering by phone or on line, then you can pick it up in their Sebatopol location across the parking from the Sebastopol Theaters. Call 827-7998 to find out what's available to pick up and take out! (cookies, croissants (the BEST), scones, cakes, tarts, the list goes on and on. Some items you can take and bake, others are all done. ALSO available at the Sebastopol Farmer's Market on Sundays.

Rocker Oysterfellers, Valley Ford.
>>more information - Yelp review
I agree with this reviewer, it's a fun place to visit, there are a couple of little art galleries and stores in town as well. Great bird houses sold out of the back of a truck for example. The restaurant is located in an old hotel in Valley Ford and the ambiance is simple and pleasant. There is a lively bar in the front room. The food is good, and great appetizers to go with a drink too.

In Graton, Willow Wood Market. This is a spot the locals frequent, it's an old grocery store, sort of funky looking, with interesting nic nacs for sale and the food is so delicious...meat, fish, and vegetarian, good wine selection. No reservations, go early, although in the middle of the week you shouldn't have to wait long.

Across the street is the Underwood, which is a step up in cost, great place to go for oysters, and I recommend it especially if it's a hot day because then you can eat outside on their patio where it is quieter. It is a bit noisy inside. A very active bar where the young and restless hang out in the evening.

Bistro des Copain ..In Occidental. Small, fine and delicious food. Everything from scallops, fine wine to pizza and oysters. Service is great, food can be good and it's located in a lovely litle village only 10 minutes from here! Call for reservations.
874-2436
Terrapin Creek  Local ingredients, fairly priced, tiny and dedicated to organic slow food. They serve local and global cuisines using seasonal and locally sourced ingredients.
>more information Visit Terrapin website.
875-2700 Th-Sun 11am-2:30//4:30-9pm
1580 Eastshore Rd. Bodega Bay, Ca
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The French Garden features organic produce from the land behind our property. The chef is imaginative and the food is delicious, priced fairly, with lots of variety, based on the best of what is available.* For a small meal,often some live music and a fireside or patio environment have a bistro meal in the bar. The French Garden is located on the Bodega Highway, just west of Sebastopol 824-2030
>>more info - French Garden website

Sushi Hanna is famous here for their specials night where you can get sushi for $1.00 (I believe it's Wednesday as a matter of fact!) The children are now running the restaurant, the old ones have moved to Montana and started a Korean Restaurant.

K & L Bistro In Sebastopol. Make a reservation. Grill, sea food, meat. A simple menu, fresh good ingredients. Sebastopol's Michelin ONE STAR restaurant!
119 Main Street, catty corner from the Main Street Theater. Read a review.
823-6614 >>more info K&L web site

HOP MONK - Bistro menu, more casual, a brewery with a good selection of local (and otherwise) beers . Their hamburgers and fries are great. They also have good salads as well as an eclectic selection that appeals to local tastes -- samosas, fish and chips, spinach and pear salad for example. The dark and comfortable booths inside are welcoming and outside there is a lovely patio where live music is often available.

Further away but wonderful within 30 minutes...
Syrah in Santa Rosa. Located in Railroad Square, lovely spot and good food in an old renovated brick building.

The Farmhouse Inn is a country inn, with a sophisticated menu. Romantic, with a good wine list, it is near here, on River Road out of Forestville (10 minutes). Gourmet magazine named it one of the 36 best food destinations in the WORLD. Michelin again, 2011 gave it a STAR. >>>web site

Dry Creek Kitchen at the Healdsburg Hotel. This upscale place is located right on the Plaza in Healdsburg. They have jazz and drinks for free during the jazz festival..and other times too! Nice outdoor patio and swimming pool (dinner guests have pool privileges). Lots of chi chi boutiques in the area. Expensive.Go early for window shopping. Great book stores too.

Rivers End  near Jenner on the North coast. Lovely view of the coast, good food, cozy environment, located right on highway one.

Tandoori Grill is a definitely a "room with a view". The best view actually. For an early evening dinner of Indian Cuisine at a reasonable price go here.On warm evenings there is a deck and when it's cooler the view is framed in huge windows with a complete view of the Russian River Valley and the mouth of the river going into the Pacific Ocean. It is breathtaking, and the food is good..Tandoori specialties, curries. They have it all.

Zazu looks like an old road house and is located is on Guernville Road on the way to Santa Rosa (10 to 15 minutes). The desserts are as great as the meals here. Their wine list is one of the best for local Pinot Noirs. Also, on Wed. Thurs. and Sunday there is a Pizza and Pinot menu.