Category: BiteClub

I’d all but given up on Round Table Pizza after one too many lackluster birthday party pizzas. And soccer party pizzas. And school event pizzas. (Though I’ll admit that judging any restaurant when surrounded by screaming 9-year-olds isn’t 100 percent fair.) However, redemption has arrived in the form of the new Proscuitto Artisan Pizza, topped […]

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Goobers and popcorn are not my idea of eating well. So, you may understand why, despite threat of punishment, I often take my own nourishment to the movie theater. I’m just that kind of rebel. But it appears the folks at the Roxy may have gotten the memo. The once-depressing coffee shop attached to the […]

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 […]