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Food Purveyor and Beer Brewer Join Barlow

by careysweet1 week ago in Dining.0 Comments

Bring it on at The Barlow, with even more tenants signing up and construction finally underway on the downtown Sebastopol culinary center. Just joined are Terra Sonoma, and Barley and Hops/8-Bit Brewing Company, the latest in a growing number of food and drink businesses flocking to the 220,000-square-foot culinary and art center in the former Barlow Apple Factory at Sebastopol {…}

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Explore West Sonoma County and Taste Route 116

by careysweet1 month ago in Tasting Rooms.0 Comments

Join Taste Route 116 for New Wine Tasting Events in West County So the holiday season is barely over, and it’s already time to start thinking about the next celebration. That would be Valentine’s Day, which this year falls on a Tuesday. The happy holiday often involves wine, but leave it to the creative group of Sebastopol wineries to figure out {…}

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Drive-In Delights: Pick’s, Carr’s, and D’s

by TravelAndrew2 months ago in GLBT.0 Comments

A few months ago I wrote about southern Sonoma County’s sterling Fremont Diner, which occupies a drive-in known previously as Babe’s Burgers. The owners of the Fremont have taken the humble diner/drive-in concept and raised it to new heights, serving inspired farm-to-table versions of comfort-food classics. I love what they’ve done here, but that’s not to say I don’t still {…}

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Sebastopol times two: Forchetta/Bastoni opens

by careysweet2 months ago in Dining.0 Comments

We’ve been watching the former Pizzavino 707 space since it closed in August, and now have good news to report: the wood-burning pizza oven is fired up once again. Forchetta/Bastoni has opened, in a creative concept that combines two distinct kitchens and dining spaces within the 6,000 square foot building that sits in front of Sebastopol Plaza. Forchetta is Italian {…}

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Gypsy Café Comes to Sebastopol with a Bit of Culinary Wanderlust

by careysweet3 months ago in Dining.0 Comments

So long Pine Cone Café, hello Gypsy Café. And helloooo, intriguing eclectic-global menu which ranges all over from Chinese chicken salad, to chilaquiles, to fried chicken po’ boy slicked with Cajun remoulade, to a Farm Boy veggie burger on cracked wheat bun. Gypsy Café has just opened in Sebastopol on Main Street, taking over the long-beloved (though well-worn) Pine Cone. {…}

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2nd annual Sonoma County Glass Pumpkin Patch to Open

by JenJones4 months ago in Art.0 Comments

Sonoma County is potentially at its most gorgeous in the fall and harvest is under way. It’s time to start planning trips to the pumpkin patch and you won’t find more stunning seasonal décor than at the Sonoma County Glass Pumpkin Patch on Oct. 8 and 9, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. This year’s collection of glass pumpkins will be {…}

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Nature Comes Alive with outdoor theater in Sonoma County

by DavidTempleton4 months ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

There are few places in California as beautiful in the fall as Sonoma County. Add to that the fact that Sonoma County has more operating theater companies (around 55) than some urban centers, and it’s no surprise that, even with the summer having officially come to an end, there is still plenty of theater happening outdoors – often in unexpected {…}

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Rising to the Occasion: Sonoma County Bakeries

by careysweet4 months ago in Dining.0 Comments

Nothing says lovin’ like something from the oven. And somehow, it’s even more delicious when someone else does the baking. Here are some of our favorite places for a beautiful loaf of bread or crazy good cookie: Wild Flour Bread, Freestone We might start simply with how to find this bakery. Follow Highway 12 about five miles past Sebastopol toward {…}

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Wind Gap Wines blowing in to Barlow

by careysweet4 months ago in Insiders Guide.0 Comments

Since 2007, Wind Gap Wines has operated quietly within the Historic Wine Building of Forestville. But next year, it will gust into Sebastopol, when it moves its entire production and bottling operations to The Barlow. In good news for the wine-loving public, Wind Gap owners Pam and Pax Mahle promise that the space will include a tasting room, too. For {…}

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An Apple a Day – Celebrate National Apple Month

by MiguelLujan5 months ago in Wellness.3 Comments

The month of October is National Apple Month (it actually spans September, October and November); what better way to celebrate it than being in Sonoma County and experiencing the wonder flavors of our apple – the Gravenstein. Throughout Sonoma County you can find amazing apple ciders, home-style apples pies, apple preservers to eat with homemade apple bread, apple sauce, and {…}