Category: BiteClub

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 […]

Being a football fan is rough work, what with all that yelling and screaming at the television. It works up a powerful appetite. One that’s far bigger than mere clam dip and Ruffles. So, forgo the easy chair and Fritos this weekend. We’ve got the region’s best spots to hang out this Superbowl Sunday. Places […]

Antique malls aren’t supposed to smell this good. But wafting around the crackling tables, old silverware and miscellaneous history piled up around the Sebastopol Antique Society are warm scents of butter, lemon, ricotta and all manner of things delicious. They’re coming from the mall’s newest resident, Sfoglia. Having opened for business in the former Dolce […]

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I had high hopes. Really high hopes. The local buzz on Risibisi, Petaluma’s newest Cal-Italian eatery is good. Headed up by Chef Fabio Flagiello (formerly of Il Fornaio) and his charming front-of-the-house partner, Marco Palmieri, the small restaurant has been packed since its opening with fans of the wine bar and downtown bistro. It’s a […]

Ready for romance? We’ve hand-picked 10 of our favorite romantic dining spots in Sonoma County. So whether you’re popping the question, or just popping out for a first date, we’ve got a restaurant that will get both your hearts beating faster. (Plus, handy phone numbers to make those reservations. Which you’ll need, Romeo.) Front Room […]

Don’t think of this as faint praise. But after three days of sweating, coughing, sniffing and generally wishing to die, the first place that I could even think of eating was Arrigoni’s. The downtown Santa Rosa deli is like an old friend. It’s predictably good, with an array of tasty meat-filled sandwiches (no, not yet, […]