Category: BiteClub

Looking at your watch could very well get you kicked out of John Raymond’s cheese shop. So don’t do it. Instead, kick back and settle in for a leisurely tasting while the quirky Glen Ellen cheese monger walks you through his collection of rare, artisanal cheeses–many of them from California–one by one. If you’re lucky, […]

Though BiteClub didn’t initially grasp the concept for the ‘Indian Fusion Sanctuary’ that recently opened on Mendocino (in the former Tahini Grill space), you can now count us among the believers. Taking inspiration from India, Italy, China and California, Nirvana’s owner/chef/front man Neil Advani has created a mind-bending menu of fusion curries, kabobs, tandoori and […]

Changes in Railroad Square Things are looking up, food-wise in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square lately. Along with one suspected closure- Toad in the Hole Pub is set to open shortly. Always in need of more late-night spots “especially casual ones “we’ll look forward to kicking back and drinking a pint. The phone for Mixx Enoteca […]

To celebrate the Year of the Boar, BiteClub made a, uh, pig of itself at several of SoCo’s most impressive all-you-can-eat Chinese buffets. Let’s just say it’s no easy task to face down 100-plus items at a single sitting. Especially when some of those steam trays had us worried for our gastronomic lives. But for […]

Amen to Guy Fieri. He’s a guy you just can’t help but love. The Food Network superstar is full of soul, vitality and enthusiasm. I’m not totally sure I can say the same thing for the new/resurrected Johnny Garlic’s. Here’s the backstory: After shuttering Russell Ramsay’s Chop House, which failed to have the draw of […]

Call them the shellfish of love. Shooters d’amour. The mollusks of marital bliss. Raw oysters are, well, about as obvious as food gets, when it comes to making your romantic intentions known. We’ll just leave it at that. Here are six spots to plant that flag of love and throw back a dozen on the […]

I have never turned down a good cocktail. Or even a mediocre one. So, when Mary’s Pizza Shack announced that it recently sold its 10,000th Pomegranate Martini my Happy Hour alarm went off. Ding. Mary’s (you may be surprised to find out) has two full-bar Shacks in SoCo–Rohnert Park and Sonoma. As in more than […]

Nothing says “I love you, baby,” like a big box of chocolates. Except, of course, telling her she looks slimmer after eating all of them. So, in honor of St. Valentine’s Day (and the need for the aforementioned chocolates), BiteClub canvassed the chocolate meccas of Sonoma County for the best bets in cocoa bliss–for every […]

Hawaiians are a hungry people, apparently. That’s the only explanation I can come up with for anyone purposely eating a plate of beef patties smothered in gravy, topped with a fried egg. And it’s the only possible reason for even attempting to finish a two-pound order of fried chicken cutlets with two scoops of rice […]