The Top 98 Places to Eat and Drink Near C2 Steak & Seafood
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Rank 2. Auberge du Soleil
Californian New American
Robert Curry tends the legacy of Napa's foundational restaurant with cooking that distills California's abundance: scallops in green garlic, squid ink linguine crowned with uni. The tasting menu unfolds at the diner's pace, each course confident enough to stand alone, yet the view of vineyards below reminds you that setting and sustenance here are one thing.
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Rank 3. The Restaurant at Auberge du Soleil
Californian French
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Rank 4. The French Laundry
French
Thomas Keller's Yountville kitchen applies classical French precision to impeccable ingredients in a dining room engineered down to the counter height. A progression might unfold from salmon tartare in a delicate cornet through butter-poached lobster and herb-roasted lamb to a chocolate gâteau finale. This is restaurant craft at its most exacting.
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Rank 5. Press
Contemporary New American
Just off Highway 29, Press occupies a grand dining room of warm wood and fireplace light, where the cooking speaks in a language of restraint. Charcoal-grilled lobster, ricotta gnudi crowned with tableside consommé, and wagyu rib cap arrive with the clarity of a kitchen that trusts its ingredients. The wine program, rooted in Napa, anchors an experience built for lingering.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Food & Wine 2023 · Mushroom Gnudi · Best Dishes Our Editors Ate This Year
- Wine Enthusiast The Wine Restaurant Hall of Fame
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Rank 6. Auro
Californian New American
Auro unfolds within the Four Seasons' Wine Country compound, where floor-to-ceiling windows frame both the open kitchen and surrounding vineyards. The cooking mines California's gardens and Mexico's spice lexicon with equal conviction—wagyu arrives with mole, sea bream with aguachile—while hospitality and light conspire to make the meal feel inevitable rather than merely expensive.
- AAA Five Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Professional in Beverage Service · Derek Stevenson
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Rank 7. Charlie’s
Global
- Esquire 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- The New York Times 2025 · Campfire Pie · The 14 Best Restaurant Desserts We Ate Across the U.S.
- Wine Enthusiast 2025 · Top 50 New Restaurants
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Rank 8. The Charter Oak
California New American
A soaring dining room built around a massive hearth sets the stage for Christopher Kostow's California cooking, where produce from the restaurant's own farm appears in simple preparations—vegetables with fermented soy, chicken with preserved lemon, a cheeseburger—all bearing the mark of live fire. The aged beef tartare with ember mayo suggests a chef working at the height of his powers.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- San Francisco Chronicle 2026 · #86 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Top Napa Valley Restaurants
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Rank 9. Solbar
Californian New American
Solbar occupies a serene pocket of the Solage resort, where wine-country ease meets precise cooking rooted in local farms. A tomato tart arrives topped with airy parmesan mousse; diver scallops swim in manila clam broth with quiet authority. The patio, the service, the flourless cake with Meyer lemon curd—everything whispers rather than shouts.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Fine Dining Hotel Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 10. Violetto
Italian/French
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Rank 11. Farmstead
Barbecue
A farmhouse with a smoking pit in the yard and country music inside, owned by Long Meadow Ranch and serving its own beef, produce, and honey in straightforward preparations—pulled pork and ribs alongside grilled artichokes with gribiche. The cathedral ceiling and terrace offer escape from typical Napa formality, though the dining room can run loud and convivial.
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Rank 12. Mustards Grill
American
Cindy Pawlcyn's roadhouse draws crowds for seasonal cooking anchored in its own gardens—grilled fish, vivid salads, a pork sandwich that justifies the line. The lemon-lime tart arrives ridiculously tall, and the wine list rewards patient browsing.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- San Francisco Chronicle 2026 · #77 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
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Rank 15. Ciccio
Italian
Ciccio trades Yountville's polished newness for a wood-beamed 1916 grocery store where country curtains and a front porch transport you backward. Wood-fired pizzas emerge blistered and tangy, topped with crispy cabbage and pancetta; house-made pasta like chitarra with 'nduja and clams competes for attention, as does a substantial pork chop Milanese that rewards sharing.
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Rank 16. ad hoc + addendum
American
A bright wood-paneled room under a blue awning where Thomas Keller cooks the way he might at home: vibrant salads of green asparagus and beets, buttermilk fried chicken that tastes deceptively simple, dishes served family style with the care of someone who has thought about every detail. Worth the inevitable wait.
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Rank 17. Bouchon Bakery
French Bakery
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Rank 18. North Block
New American
The dining room opens onto a hushed terrace where wine country light filters through, setting the mood for unhurried eating. Mussels arrive glossy with chardonnay butter; wood-fired pizzas emerge blistered and patient; tagliatelle bolognese carries the weight of proper technique. A caramel budino laced with Macallan provides the kind of finish that justifies the journey.
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Rank 19. Bouchon Bistro
French
Red velvet and marble conjure a Parisian bistro transplanted to Wine Country, where Thomas Keller executes the canon without apology: bacon-studded Lyonnaise salad, steak frites, mussels in white wine, profiteroles with chocolate. The adjacent bakery runs its own urgent line.
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Rank 20. Bistro Jeanty
French
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Rank 21. Bistro Don Giovanni
Italian
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Rank 23. La Toque
Contemporary
Ken Frank's kitchen in the Westin shows off technically precise seasonal cooking—roasted lamb with aligot potatoes, dry-aged duck with za'atar cherry—in an elegant dining room with an open kitchen view. The tasting menu is pricey and portions modest, but the wine list and celebratory atmosphere justify the splurge.
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Rank 24. Mothers Tacos
Mexico City-Style
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Rank 25. Kenzo
Kaiseki Japanese
A serene 25-seat counter in downtown Napa where chef Kenzo Tsujimoto composes kaiseki with seasonal precision—steamed scallop dumplings in aged dashi, seared A5 Wagyu with burdock root miso—each course unhurried and deliberate. The room, spare and minimal, invites you to watch the kitchen work while Napa wines and sake arrive in measured pours.
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Rank 26. Stateline Road Smokehouse
Kansas City Barbecue
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Rank 29. Loveski
Jewish
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Rank 30. Croccante Pizza
Detroit-Style
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Rank 31. ZuZu
Spanish-Inspired
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Rank 32. Compline Restaurant and Wine Shop
Californian
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Rank 33. Winston's Cafe & Bakery
Filipino-American
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Rank 35. Chispa
Latin American
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Rank 36. Glen Ellen Star
Californian New American
A cottage kitchen built around a wood-burning oven turns out inventive Californian cooking that belies its quaint appearance. Chef Ari Weiswasser builds a lean menu around biodynamic produce from nearby farms—charred vegetables with truffle-chili cashew crunch, whole roasted branzino, brick chicken—and finishes with house-made ice creams in unexpected flavors. Serious food, casually presented.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: California · Ari Weiswasser
- San Francisco Chronicle Top Sonoma County Restaurants
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Rank 37. Naysayers Coffee Roasters
Coffee Shop
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Rank 38. Santé
French
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Rank 39. El Molino Central
Regional Mexican
A cramped counter-service setup feeds into a kitchen you walk through to reach the patio, where strangers become co-conspirators debating the day's specials. Red mole tamales, pozole verde, and beer-battered fish tacos arrive with the seasonal precision of someone who understands their ingredients. The noise, the color, the shuffle—it's all part of the ritual.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- San Francisco Chronicle 2026 · #93 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
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Rank 41. Enclos
Contemporary New American
Inside a Victorian mansion near Sonoma Plaza, chef Brian Limoges charts a restless course through global flavors and local ingredients, turning a spiny lobster tartare into a crisp croustade or folding chowder's essence into clam chawanmushi. The grilling is assured, the sauces shimmer with intent, and the staff glides through each course with genuine warmth—a tasting menu that refuses to settle.
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- Wine Enthusiast 2025 · Top 50 New Restaurants
- San Francisco Chronicle 2026 · #84 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
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Rank 42. Valley
Wine Bar
A come-as-you-are wine bar on Sonoma Plaza where organic and biodynamic bottles share equal billing with a tiny, seasonal menu that moves without pretense. Albacore crudo with blood orange, cauliflower in black bean sauce, olive oil cake with citrus marmalade—each plate suggests a kitchen that finds plenty of flavor in restraint.
- Wine Enthusiast 2023 · Forward 50 Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: California · Emma Lipp and Stephanie Reagor
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
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Rank 43. The Kitchen
Contemporary
Chef Kelly McCown orchestrates a raucous, interactive tasting where diners roam the kitchen and the monthly menu ransacks Central Valley produce for dishes like scallops with blood orange and cauliflower. The premise is carnival, not ceremony—fun is the only rule that matters.
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Rank 45. Layla
Mediterranean
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Rank 46. Spread Kitchen
Lebanese-Inspired
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Rank 47. Yue Huang Dim Sum
Cantonese Chinese
In a Natomas strip mall surrounded by franchises, this Cantonese spot draws families on weekend mornings for carts of steamed, fried, and baked dim sum—barbecue pork buns, rice noodle rolls, pleated dumplings. Evenings pivot toward live seafood from the tanks lining the back wall: crab, lobster, flounder, prepared with the precision the kitchen brings to smaller plates.
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Rank 48. Localis
Californian New American
Christopher Barnum-Dann presides over an intimate counter where he enthusiastically guides diners through a freewheeling tasting menu grounded in California sourcing. His playful dishes—a crispy potato pillow filled with French onion dip and caviar, a woodfire octopus tentacle with black peppercorn—blend global inspiration with genuine warmth.
- AAA Four Diamonds
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: California · Chris Barnum-Dann
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Rank 49. SingleThread Farms Restaurant
Contemporary
A three-Michelin-star farm-to-table restaurant where Chef Kyle Connaughton and his farmer wife harvest from their adjacent 24-acre plot to compose kaiseki-inflected tasting menus with botanical precision. The donabe—a Japanese clay pot—becomes the quiet instrument of transformation, turning vegetables and seafood into studies in restraint and flavor.
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Rank 50. Camden Spit & Larder
Modern British
Chef Oliver Ridgeway marries British technique with California produce, anchoring the menu around spit-roasted meats in a bright, bustling downtown room. The prime rib arrives tender and gilded, alongside crispy potato rösti and fermented horseradish, with Banoffee pie for a proper English finish.
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- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Cocktail Bar – U.S. West
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Bar Team – U.S. West
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Rank 52. Grossman’s Noshery & Bar
NY-Style
- San Francisco Chronicle Top Bagels in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Top Sonoma County Restaurants
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Rank 53. Grange
Farm-focused American
Inside the Citizen Hotel, Grange opens onto high ceilings and a bar lined with bottles, all warm wood and orange leather—a downtown dining room that refuses the corporate chill. Farm-sourced cooking keeps things grounded: mojo pork loin with calabrese bomba, broccoli-arugula soup, hazelnut cake with strawberry.
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- Esquire 2024 · Freezer Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West
- Spirited Awards 2025 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West
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Rank 55. Kru
Contemporary Sushi
- Spirited Awards 2026 · Regional Top 10 Honoree · Best U.S. Restaurant Bar – U.S. West
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Nominee · Best Chef: California · Buu “Billy” Ngo
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
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Rank 56. Hazel Hill
Californian French
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Rank 57. Ella
Contemporary
A downtown Sacramento dining room where rustic timber and fine linens coexist, Ella draws regulars who linger over precisely mixed cocktails and a wine list that rewards curiosity. The kitchen moves through global influences with ease, but returns faithfully to perfectly fried chicken—a reminder that restraint and technique matter more than novelty.
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Rank 58. Cyrus
New American
Douglas Keane's relaunched Cyrus occupies a stark glass pavilion among Sonoma vineyards, its dining progression moving from lounge champagne through kitchen counter seats to the dining room's globally inflected courses. Farm vegetables meet Asian spice and careful plating here—a place that treats dinner as deliberate theater, each room a stage.
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A husband-and-wife team runs this neighborhood pizzeria with naturally leavened crusts and seasonal toppings that shift daily, anchored by white asparagus and pecorino or salmon crudo. Natural wines, especially grower Champagnes, elevate a modest menu that punches well above its weight.
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Rank 60. Zócalo
Regional Mexican
Heavy wooden doors and dark chandeliers frame a Capitol Mall dining room that opens onto a sprawling patio built for people-watching. The kitchen sources regional Mexican cooking with precision—ceviches bright with avocado and serrano, house-made tortillas under fish and braised chicken, a tequila program that rewards exploration.
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Rank 62. Kin Thai
Thai
In a Midtown warehouse converted to dining space, sisters Napis Lindley and Napak Kongsitthanakor calibrate the sharp, layered flavors of Thai street cooking—pad Thai wrapped in egg crepe, clay-pot shrimp, Isaan sausage—across a menu that moves deftly from approachable to obscure. Request Thai spice and the kitchen obliges; ask for restraint and it pivots.
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Rank 63. Quail & Condor
Bakery
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bakery
- The New York Times 22 of the Best Bakeries Across the U.S. Right Now
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Rank 64. Allora
Modern Italian
Allora balances neighborhood ease with refined technique, its Cal-Italian kitchen turning West Coast seafood and house-made pasta into seasonal arguments for restraint. An impressive Italian wine list and a closing affogato with house pistachio gelato suggest an owner who understands that conviction, not complexity, sustains a meal.
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Rank 66. Michael Warring
Contemporary
A narrow counter in Vallejo where Chef Warring, trained in Napa's fine dining, works seasonal ingredients with precision and restraint. Ocean trout crudo sits beside seared ribeye—each plate a small argument for technique as clarity rather than flourish.
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Rank 67. Dry Creek Kitchen
Contemporary New American
An airy dining room with vaulted ceilings and views of Healdsburg's town square sets the stage for Charlie Palmer's refined seasonal cooking. Oxtail dumplings and kanpachi tiradito arrive with precision; mains like duck and lamb showcase the region's produce without unnecessary flourish. This is polished California cuisine that respects both ingredient and restraint.
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Rank 68. Canon
Contemporary
Chef Brad Cecchi's globally inspired small plates at Canon—think roasted carrots with black bean and duck legs with salsa verde—invite communal exploration in a convivial, contrast-filled space. The kitchen balances richness with brightness across generous portions designed for sharing.
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Rank 69. Restaurant at the Madrona
Californian
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Rank 71. Troubadour
New American
By day a sunlit sandwich counter and bakery; by night, an intimate tasting menu where classical technique meets California ingredients—rockfish with saffron-yuzu, duck with malted potato cream—executed with the precision of chefs who met at SingleThread. The bread, naturally, is revelatory.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- San Francisco Chronicle 2025 · #49 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
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Rank 72. Hawks Public House
Modern American
A zinc bar anchors this lively public house where regulars cluster over seasonal cocktails and house-made pastas. Tomato soup arrives with tangy goat cheese sformato and buttered sourdough; the burger comes topped with fried mortadella. Service is unhurried, drinks are carefully considered, and the kitchen knows how to elevate the familiar without ceremony.
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Rank 73. Farmhouse Inn Restaurant
Californian New American
On a quiet wooded edge of Sonoma wine country, Craig Wilmer and Amanda Hoang have recharged this rustic farmhouse with precise, ingredient-driven cooking that moves fluidly between California and Vietnam—herb pasta with foraged mushrooms, black cod in aigre-doux, matcha-pistachio semifreddo. The point is restraint married to ambition.
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Rank 74. Pizzaleah
NY-Style
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Rank 75. Spoonbar
Californian
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- San Francisco Chronicle Top Bakeries of the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Top Sonoma County Restaurants
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Rank 77. Binchoyaki Izakaya Dining
Modern Japanese
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Rank 79. Diavola Pizzeria
Wood-fired Pizza
A converted Wild West saloon in downtown Geyserville, Diavola fills nightly with crowds drawn to wood-fired pizzas—spicy meatballs and pine nuts one night, smoked pork belly and goat cheese the next. The kitchen's command of cured pork and house-made pasta, finished with chocolate pistachio semifreddo, suggests ambitions that reach beyond the oven.
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Rank 80. Valette
Modern New American
Dustin Valette has returned to his family's former building with a dining room of concrete walls and sculptural lighting, where scallops disappear beneath squid-ink pastry and a server pours champagne beurre blanc tableside, and duck breast gets sharpened by tamarind over forbidden rice. The cooking threads modern American through French technique with genuine wit.
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Rank 81. Barndiva
Farm-to-table New American
The dining room draws a perpetually stylish crowd, its converted barn space humming with the ease of a place that never feels forced. Erik Anderson's cooking pivots on what's freshest from local farms—roasted trout, spring asparagus, seasonal sorbet—executed with the clarity of someone who trusts his ingredients.
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Rank 82. The Matheson
Mediterranean New American
Dustin Valette's soaring dining room lets seasonal California ingredients and Mediterranean technique speak without artifice, from a silken petrale sole paired with mushroom dashi to foie gras sharpened by kiwi. The kitchen's ingenuity finds its match in a wine program that pours over a hundred selections by the glass.
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Rank 84. Table Culture Provisions
French-inflected New American
Chef-owners Saint Louis and Vargas run a ten-table tasting room where seasonally minded Californian cooking meets French technique, as in a flaky squab pithivier. Warm service and composed desserts like chestnut Mont Blanc complete the picture of understated, approachable elegance.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- San Francisco Chronicle 2026 · #75 · Top 100 Restaurants in the Bay Area
- San Francisco Chronicle Top Sonoma County Restaurants
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Rank 85. bacon & butter
American
Bacon & Butter executes American breakfast classics—fluffy pancakes, loaded burritos, generous omelets—with fresh ingredients and portions meant for sharing. The cramped, buzzing dining room and cheerful bar justify the morning queues that form here regularly.
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Rank 86. Guiso Latin Fusion
Latin Fusion
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Rank 87. Little Saint
Vegetarian
- VinePair 2024 · Sommelier of the Year · The Next Wave Awards · Alexandria Sarovich
- The New York Times 2022 · The Restaurant List
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Rank 89. Ramen Gaijin
Noodles
A decade-old Japanese spot where house-made noodles anchor a menu that marries local sourcing with classical technique. The shoyu ramen arrives delicate and balanced; the spicy tantanmen, layered with pork belly and woodear mushroom, rewards the bolder appetite. Perch at the counter to watch the kitchen work.
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Rank 90. Khom Loi
Thai
The team behind Ramen Gaijin brings uncompromising Thai cooking to Sebastopol, with house-made curry pastes and a punchy nam jim that strip away American sweetness. Lofty ceilings and a tranquil pond frame dishes that are bold, spicy and genuinely complex.
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Rank 91. Stockhome
Scandinavian
A husband-and-wife team transplants Stockholm's flavors to Petaluma with quietly confident cooking: pickled herring, substantial meatballs, house-made sodas. The menu honors both Swedish tradition and local ingredients—dill shrimp salad brightened with avocado, giant pancakes crowned in farm berries—while making room for the Middle Eastern dishes that shaped the city they left behind.
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Rank 92. Pho Momma
Noodles
Strip-mall pho counter where the broth—chicken or beef, both long-simmered—carries the weight of the operation. Tender meats and house-made pork wontons dress the bowls; fresh spring rolls studded with crispy pork sausage arrive with sharp peanut sauce. The care in sourcing and technique suggests something beyond the casual weeknight bowl.
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Rank 94. Psychic Pie
Pizza
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Rank 95. The Bagel Mill
NY-Style
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Rank 96. Noroc Restaurant
Eastern European
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Rank 97. Pearl
Eastern Mediterranean
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Rank 98. Street Social
Comfort Food