Recently, I reached out to readers asking for their restaurant recommendations and questions. You didn’t disappoint.
In fact, I got so much great feedback, I started adding a reader question to my Bite Club column. (Bite Club is published in The Press Democrat on Sundays and on sonomamag.com weekly.)
Bite Club reader Marie S. asks, “What’s going on at Monti’s in Montgomery Village?”
Mark and Terri Stark’s longtime Santa Rosa restaurant closed in late March for a remodel and menu update. The refreshed interior will include a new kitchen, as well as new flooring, furniture, bar tops, bathrooms and expanded patios. Watch for lots of Mediterranean blue and yellow, with rattan finishes.
The menu will focus on contemporary Mediterranean dishes and keep fan favorites like the lamb burger, pizzas and rosemary fries, but it will also add some homemade pasta and grilled fish. Monti’s staff are working at the Starks’ other restaurants during the renovation. The restaurant is slated to reopen in late July.