Wine, Beer, Food, Music ... Had me some kicks at the Taste of Napa tasting this last Sat afternoon. Hot as hell. Hate wearing a hat, but donned a SF Giants ball cap to protect my bald spot. One of the joys of getting older, losing your hair. Ha Ha!!! There were some excellent wines [...]
Sold Out Asian Dinner ... The Insider dropped by Garrett Murphy's Kitchen Collective, urban cooking club, where they were hosting a sold out Taste of Asia dinner. A dragon salad kicked things off with Yuba and fresh herbs followed by Korean Wings. Hot and sour soup came next, with Thai lettuce cups that came with [...]
40 Year's Experience .... To the Silverado Resort and Spa we go on Mother's Day where 40 year veteran of Napa and surrounding area restaurants, Jeffrey Jake, Executive Chef, quarterbacks a fine brunch that is packed from the 10:30 a.m opening to the 2:30 p.m closing. Last night's dinner? Had the Petrale Sole with brown [...]
$2,000 ??? Most of us gourmands don’t mind splashing out $100-$200 for a special occasion dinner. It usually ensures a fine, pleasurable experience of good food and wine with nice company if the service delivers. But how about $2,000? Gulp… but Shannon Noble, the man behind rarewinedinners.com had no problem selling out his first U.S. [...]
Farmstead Rocks Farm to Table .... To the Farmstead we go, which is the name on the sign on Saint Helena’s Main St. sign that leads to Long Meadow Ranch, where they got a fantastic combo of a general store, restaurant, garden, barbecue and private dining areas. The Insider sat down on one of Farmstead’s [...]
Love A Great Steak…. To Cole’s Chop House we go… a Napa institution if there ever was one. .. A top notch steak house with excellent wines and service. Co-owner Eric Keffer, who had 12 years at Cole’s before taking over, showed me around the upper lounge with original stone walls and high ceilings, “Heather [...]
Menu Changes Nightly… To ad hoc in Yountville we go where we sit down with Chef de Cuisine, Matt Alba, over a plate of their well-known, excellent fried chicken. Last night’s dinner? Spaghetti. ad hoc is unique in that we change the menu every night and that was our comfort food pick last night. Favorite [...]
A Club With A Twist... To the Kitchen Collective Urban Cooking Club where we sit down in the Club’s stylish meeting room and chat with Adam Hart who is the Club’s member liaison. Last night’s dinner? Chile verde tacos and Korean short ribs. We got two full time chefs on staff and boy, do we [...]
Forge If You Are Hungry You’re coming into Napa on Hwy 29 and you’re starving. You get to the Imola & Soscol intersection and the mall eateries look good. But go a block behind and check out Forge, a place known for fine wood oven cooked pizzas. There’s a bunch more items on their menu, [...]
Check it out .... Took a doc outta the Napa Library the other day that left my head spinning. It’s called Three Stars. Highly recommend a view. Unlike that turgid doc Somm which studied four wine geeks trying to pass the master sommelier program, Three Stars bears repeated viewings because of its incredible contradictions of [...]
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