Carneros Heritage Fest & Chef Throwdown: Napa v. Sonoma BiteClub plans to be on hand tomorrow, May 30, as Napa and Sonoma chefs go head to head in a competition between 10 Emerging Chefs at the Carneros Heritage Festival. Among SoCo’s culinary gladiators: Stark’s Steakhouse’s Tracy Shepos, Zoi Antonitsas of Zazu, Ryan Pollnow of La [...]
This is a man who (along with his wife and brother-in-law, the chef) truly, desperately, honestly wants to feed you. At a good price. Which means heck with the fuss of, well…stuff like ambiance. The former corner grocery just south of downtown Petaluma looks like a former corner grocery store. There are a handful of tables, a decorative hookah, outdoor patio in the parking lot, TV blaring Middle Eastern news and the whirling sideshow of Joe and Ozkan doing their thing. You’re here to eat and learn.
f there’s any question about the Darwinian nature of restaurant ownership, look to the brutal natural selection of 420 Mendocino Avenue. In three years, five restaurants have occupied the space. Four have gone the way of the dinosaur and dodo — to no one’s great surprise — quickly facing extinction after problems with staff, management and/or the kitchen.
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