KQED’s Emmy-winning restaurant review series “Check, Please! Bay Area” is returning in February with a fresh batch of new local favorite eateries to try. The only Sonoma County restaurant on the new season is Santa Rosa favorite Grossman’s Noshery & Bar.
The four-episode series — with host Leslie Sbrocco joined by three Bay Area locals — will air Thursdays beginning at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 6, on KQED 9. Grossman’s will be featured on the second episode, airing Feb. 13.
The last time “Check, Please! Bay Area” visited Santa Rosa was in the summer of last year, when the show spotlighted the 45-year-old French restaurant La Gare.
KQED’s announcement of the new season noted the “East Coast Jewish deli favorites” at Grossman’s, such as the “matzo ball soup, pickled fish boards and cinnamon babka.”

Grossman’s Noshery & Bar
Despite a devastating pandemic, New York-style deli Grossman’s Noshery & Bar opened in the summer of 2020 in Santa Rosa’s Railroad Square.
Since then, Grossman’s has been a star among the local foodie world. The deli ranks among our favorite Sonoma County places for breakfast or a bagel. Last year, Yelp Elites named Grossman’s on its list of top 100 places to eat in the Bay Area.
Grossman’s is open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily for indoor and outdoor dining as well as for takeout. Deli and bakery items — such as house-smoked meats, half-pints of cold salads, and freshly baked bagels, bread and desserts — are also available for pickup at the deli counter.
308 Wilson St., Santa Rosa, 707-595-7707, grossmanssr.com