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Popular North Bay BBQ spot attracts long lines, sells out of food well before closing time
If you want to try the hottest new BBQ spot in Sebastopol, you need to line up early.A&M BBQ is bringing southern food and flavor to the North Bay.These two men never thought they'd even have a restaurant, let alone one together.Now they're serving up southern food and flavor in Sebastopol to big crowds and long lines.It's easy to tell Kris Austin and Marvin McKenzy love cooking good BBQ.MORE: Get a taste of 'Kamala Jam': How Petaluma shop is helping Harris and Walz presidential campaignWhat may be a harder to figure out, is how two men from the south ended...
Monday Bakery in Napa Closes After Fire
Monday Bakery, a beloved North Bay pastry shop, has closed its doors indefinitely after a fire at its production facility on August 21st and increasing operating costs. The fire was allegedly started by someone who set a recycling bin on fire outside of the facility. Employees were able to escape. The bakery’s last days at it’s two locations were filled with loyal customers reminiscing and enjoying their favorite treats. The bakery’s owner, Sally Geftakys, is planning to take a break but may return to the baking industry in the future.
KSRO Pet of the Week from the Rohnert Park Animal Shelter: Sundew
Meet our Pet of the Week from the Rohnert Park Animal Shelter, Sundew. Sundew is a 1-year-old female DSH who’s blooming into a real beauty! This lovely lady came to us as a stray with her kittens, starting off shy but now flourishing like the flower she’s named after. Sundew is curious about other cats and is slowly coming out of her shell, but she might be a little too timid to live with a dog. She’s ready to brighten up your life with her delicate charm!
What is Happening at Sausage Emporium?
Sausage Emporium’s Miranda Ives teased us with an announcement of something new in the works, and now that we know what. Sausage Emporium will be no more, and a new restaurant run by the same people will take its place. The new name of the restaurant is Mozaik, and the concept is global flavors, crafted to bring together the diverse tastes and traditions from around the world. The focus will be on global cuisine and local ingredients, but more than that it will be a place to visit with friends and neighbors.
There’s no limits to the joy of fostering
With schools starting up and the end of summer vacations, we are finding many of our regular foster homes are no longer available. Sadly, kitten season shows no signs of slowing down, and it usually goes on all the way through December. I remember when it was rare to find...
Beth Nickel's Wine Empire — Expanding This Month With Bella Union Winery — Is Firmly Rooted in Love
The sun has barely touched the vines of Far Niente Winery in Oakville, and Beth Nickel is already on the move. On the heels of multimillion-dollar fundraisers at Nickel & Nickel Winery a few miles away for the Festival Napa Valley Arts for All Gala and the V Foundation for Cancer Research, a deeply personal cause, she’s gearing up for the upcoming chardonnay harvest and fine-tuning plans for this month’s opening of Bella Union Winery in Rutherford.
Calistoga: Wine, Spirits and History
Welcome to the Gold Rush town of Calistoga, a beautiful small city in Napa Valley known for hot springs, mud baths and wineries (of course). The surrounding area is home to 500-plus wineries, many of which have produced award winning wines not only in their own right, but by combining the uniqueness of their grapes with others in the valley. Along with its unique terroir, the region's hot springs also welcome tourists to soak in the mineral pools.
The Making of a 100-Point Wine: A Napa Red With Balance and Integrity
When you buy something through our link, we may earn a small commission. Wine Enthusiast does not accept money for editorial wine reviews. Read more about our policy. Long before she tasted it, winemaker Rebekah Wineburg knew that the Quintessa 2021 Red would be different. The wine had been the culmination of extensive “terroir studies” that revealed insights into the geology and microclimates of the sprawling Napa estate, which runs from the Vaca Mountains to the Napa River on the hilly eastern edge of Rutherford.
Robert Glasper Shares His Vision Of The Black Radio Experience, Bringing The Vibes To Napa Valley & More
Grammy Award-winning pianist Robert Glasper spoke exclusively with Hip-Hop Wired about The Black Radio Experience festival and more. The post Robert Glasper Shares His Vision Of The Black Radio Experience, Bringing The Vibes To Napa Valley & More appeared first on Hip-Hop Wired. The post Robert Glasper Shares His Vision Of The Black Radio Experience, Bringing The Vibes To Napa Valley & More appeared first on 102.5 The Block.
Call of the wild: Jack London park challenges hardy hikers to conquer its 31 miles of trails
Bay Area folks who are dying to answer the call of the wild, go where the wild things are or while away a little time now have the opportunity of a lifetime — the Wild Trail Challenge at Jack London State Historic Park in the unincorporated community of Glen Ellen in Sonoma County.
Blue Note reimagines Napa jazz fest as Black Radio Experience, with Jill Scott
NAPA — The Blue Note Jazz Festival’s Black Radio Experience kicked off on Friday at The Meritage Resort & Spa in Napa on Friday. The three-day event, an intimate re-imagining of the three-year-old Robert-Glasper-created event, was headlined by vocalist Jill Scott and included performances by Andra Day, Common with Pete Rock, and Marcus Miller.
The Wine Makers – Rodrigo Soto, Far Mountain Wines
Rodrigo’s interest in organic farming began at the Universidad Catôlica in Santiago, where he wrote his thesis on organic pest control. This paper led him to work with some esteemed leaders in the world of organic grape growing, including Alvaro Espinoza, Alan York, Ann Kramer, and Paul Dolan and Mike Benziger. After working as Director of Winemaking at Benziger he returned to Chile In 2012. Huneenus Vintners hired Rodrigo to convert four Chilean wineries and vineyards to organic and biodynamic farming. Next working for the Huneenus family at Quintessa in Napa Valley. But his time working in Sonoma made him think about all the mountain vineyards that he wasn’t familiar with, which is when Far Mountain was conceived. “Far Mountain, describes the vineyard sites we work with and the greater settings in which those vineyards lie. There is a beautiful symmetry in these places, in that they are not only special sites for wine growing, but places we are physically drawn to because of their splendor.” [Ep336]
Artist Gayle Manfre reception at Sonoma Valley Library
The Sonoma Valley Regional Library is hosting an exhibition of paintings by Gayle Manfre from September 1 to 30. The public is invited to meet the artist at a reception on Friday, September 13 from 4:00pm to 5:30 pm in the library’s forum room. Light refreshments will be served. The exhibition will be available to view for the entire month of September during open hours when the forum room is not in use.
2016 Carlisle Zinfandel Pagani Ranch – Bottle Notes
Carlisle Winery & Vineyards was founded in 1998 by Mike and Kendall Officer. Their passion is clear: Small lots of Zinfandel and Syrah from exceptional, historic vineyards. Many of these vineyards are heritage sites planted by Italian immigrants and date back to the late 1800s . Mike recently announced he will retire the Carlisle brand after the 2024 vintage.
Berry seeks insights on reusable cups at scale in California rollout
Berry Global is a cup provider for a citywide reusable cups initiative that began this month in Petaluma, California, it revealed in a recent announcement, as it aims to learn more about reusable cup programs. That initiative was spearheaded by Closed Loop Partners’ NextGen Consortium, with dozens of participating restaurants — including Starbucks, Dunkin’, Peet’s Coffee, Taco Bell and KFC — providing reusable cups as the default.
Wine Of The Week: Namo 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon
A 100% Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon with silken textures built from sumptuous dark fruit, dark chocolate and subtle minerality. Debra Mathy knows good wine. She’s the proprietor of Dutcher Crossing in Sonoma’s Dry Creek Valley, one of the oldest viticultural regions in California. Mathy and her winemaking partner-in-crime Nick Briggs make over thirty styles of wine, with stand-outs being Sauvignon Blanc—aged in oak for roundness and depth (“Sauvignon Blanc can often be a bit of a porch pounder, but this is is a more nuanced version,” says Briggs)—and Zinfandel. If the latter conjures haunting images of the jammy wines of the ‘90s, this isn’t—it’s fresh, elegant and light on its feet.
Monday Bakery closes Napa, Sonoma locations
The last day of business for North Bay favorite Monday Bakery was filled with longtime customers savoring the taste of favorite pastries and reminiscing over first birthday cakes and catered creations baked in the kitchens of owner Sally Geftakys. The bakery ended its run this past weekend, when it saw...
Book review: The Day He Left
Santa Rosa author, Frederick Weisel, sets his plots right here in Sonoma County. He makes our area seem sort of crime prone and a little sinister. In this second installment of his Violent Crime Investigation series, “The Day He Left,” we again meet migraine-plagued head investigator, Eddie Mahler, and his team whom we have met before in the initial thriller, “Silenced Women.” That mystery featured a body that turns up at Spring Lake.
Aero resuming flights to Napa County Airport
Aero, a semiprivate airline focused on high-income leisure travelers, has announced it will launch seasonal flights starting Sept. 20 between Napa County Airport and Van Nuys Airport in Los Angeles County. The flights, targeted around harvest season, will continue through November. If Aero’s Napa flights sound familiar, you are right....
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