Clockwise from top left: Mateo’s Cocina Latina “Market Breakfast;” Kyle and Katina Connaughton of Single Thread Farms; a sampling of ciders from the Sonoma Cider Taproom; Lukka Feldman mixing a drink behind the bar at Barndiva’s Gallery Bar + Bistro.
NEW CHEF AT DRY CREEK KITCHEN There’s a new executive chef at the Hotel Healdsburg’s Dry Creek Kitchen, and he’s a familiar face to owner (and celebrity chef) Charlie Palmer. The new chef, Scott Romano, started his career in New York at Aureole, Palmer’s flagship restaurant, back in 1997, and the two have been friends ever since. Romano was most recently executive chef at Charlie Palmer at the Joule in Dallas. To celebrate their long connection, Romano and Palmer have collaborated on a special menu of “Reflective Cooking” that comprises dishes to remind them of years and times past. Highlights include seared quail with corn and sweetbread pudding, and veal chop with sautéed foie gras, orange-cooked carrots and potato- parsnip purée.
drycreekkitchen.com
BARNDIVA ADDS BISTRO For years, Studio Barndiva—just north of Barndiva restaurant on Center Street—has been an art gallery by day and private event venue by night. Last June,
Barndiva owners decided to
bring daily dining service to the eclectic space and renamed it The Gallery Bar + Bistro. Think of the new iteration as an informal version of the restaurant next door, a nod to the environment of a public house with artisanal cocktails and a classic French bistro menu by Barndiva Chef Ryan Fancher’s cuisine, a French Laundry alumn. Be sure to ask about the new Somm’s Table. It’s a curated wine shop by day, and in the evenings, when not being used for winemaker dinners, the space can be booked for up to ten diners as a wine pairing chef’s table.
barndiva.com/studio
BREAKFAST AT MATEO’S Back in the days when Mateo Granados operated
a food
farmers’ market, hungry shoppers would line up by the dozens for
truck at the local his
legendary farm-fresh breakfasts. Earlier this summer, Granados brought back those breakfasts—this time to his Healdsburg Avenue restaurant, Mateo’s Cocina Latina. The “Market Breakfast” is available only on weekends, and comprises different items every week,
depending on what’s available. Produce from local spots such as MIX Garden, Ridgeview Farms, and Soda Rock Farm are mainstays on the list. Be sure to try Granados’ hot sauces with your meal.
mateoscocinalatina.com
SINGLE THREAD FARMS
For more than a year, locals (and foodies across the country)
eagerly awaited
the opening of Single Thread Farms Restaurant & Inn, which hosted its first guests in December. As we reported last issue, the restaurant experience includes personal tours of the restaurant’s rooftop garden and greenhouse, an 11-course meal, California-focused wine pairings and the option to stay in one of five suites on-site. The menu is heavily influenced by
chef Kyle Connaughton’s work
with French chef Michel Bras in Japan, revolving around fresh produce grown by his wife, Katina, and her team at the couple’s property nearby. Expected to be the most talked-about opening of the year, Single Thread has already been nominated for a James Beard Award.
singlethreadfarms.com
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