Milk punch at County Bench in Santa Rosa on 6/6/16. Heather irwin/PD

County Bench Opens in Santa Rosa

A new American Restaurant in downtown Santa Rosa, County Bench, is an upscale newcomer for business lunches, cocktails and dinner

Tommy Chong, Chef Chris Cosentino, Cheech Marin and emcee Liam Mayclem the Foodie Chap at BottleRock 2016. Heather Irwin.

Food Porn & Culinary Wonder at BottleRock 2016

For perhaps the first time in human history, music festival goers can say, “I’m just here for the lamb butchery.” But it probably won’t be the last, since chef-tertainment — chefs putting on entertaining culinary shows — are one of the hottest trends at summer music festivals like this week’s BottleRock, San Francisco’s Outside Lands, […]
Scallops at Spoonbar restaurant in Healdsburg on 5/15/15 . Copyright Heather Irwin, Biteclubeats.com.

Spoonbar Rises Again in Healdsburg

Spoonbar at the H2 Hotel in Healdsburg offers great cocktails and Wine country cuisine in a casual indoor-outdoor atmosphere

Oysterpalooza

Molluskular fun at Valley Ford's Oysterpalooza

Alton Brown in Santa Rosa

Alton Brown Loves Naked Pig and Flying Goat in Santa Rosa

Updated with more pix. Chef Alton Brown visited Santa Rosa in advance of his Eat Your Science Live show at the Luther Burbank Center on Thursday, May 19, 2016. A pitstop at The Naked Pig by Brown garnered the high praise of “1 of the top 5 bites of the tour” with an Instagram photo of their […]

BottleRock Food Preview

BottleRock food is off the hook. Here's what we're looking forward to.