I notice something on my trip... a trend of these organic Local Markets combine with a sit down restaurant.The first one I went to was in Lafayette, CA called
Chow .It was a very pleasant experience.
I was so excited to see all the fresh meats, cheese and of course desserts! One of the people who worked there was so awesome he showed me some of their pies { all made there!}. I really wanted to take one with me but I was headed to Sonoma County which was a bit of a drive....
We stayed for breakfast and I was impressed! I really do love this place!
The following day I went to St Helena in Napa Valley. One stop of course
Dean & Deluca! I work part time at the one in Kansas City so I had to visit the sister store. I guess you could say that they essentially started the Local Market/ Gourmet food movement. I find the one in Kansas City to be closer to a restaurant then the one in Napa Valley.
Though they have sandwiches and prepared foods, they don't have the seating, Sushi or Gourmet Burger bar like ours. But they do sell lots of wine :)
Next stop
Fresh In Santa Rosa, CA. Very cute and they had a beautiful bakery! I had fun seeing all the wine country local goods!
Unfortunately I was unimpressed with our dinner! It was like they had a rookie wait staff and frankly it seemed chaotic! My poor daughter's food came out cold and my $18 cake cake was good too bad it was sitting on soggy greens. I will not dine there again. It is a great idea it just needs a kitchen manager...
I notice something on my trip... a trend of these organic Local Markets combine with a sit down restaurant.The first one I went to was in Lafayette, CA called Chow .It was a very pleasant experience.
I was so excited to see all the fresh meats, cheese and of course desserts! One of the people who worked there was so awesome he showed me some of their pies { all made there!}. I really wanted to take one with me but I was headed to Sonoma County which was a bit of a drive....
We stayed for breakfast and I was impressed! I really do love this place!
The following day I went to St Helena in Napa Valley. One stop of course Dean & Deluca! I work part time at the one in Kansas City so I had to visit the sister store. I guess you could say that they essentially started the Local Market/ Gourmet food movement. I find the one in Kansas City to be closer to a restaurant then the one in Napa Valley.
Though they have sandwiches and prepared foods, they don't have the seating, Sushi or Gourmet Burger bar like ours. But they do sell lots of wine :)
Next stop Fresh In Santa Rosa, CA. Very cute and they had a beautiful bakery! I had fun seeing all the wine country local goods!
Unfortunately I was unimpressed with our dinner! It was like they had a rookie wait staff and frankly it seemed chaotic! My poor daughter's food came out cold and my $18 cake cake was good too bad it was sitting on soggy greens. I will not dine there again. It is a great idea it just needs a kitchen manager...
I could visit those kinds of shops everyday!
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