BiteClub Eats

Vine Tastings, Windsor: More than a tasting room, less than a restaurant, Vine Tastings is a hybrid cafe and wine pairing spot with a top-notch chef and part of the Windsor social scene

Sonoma County Restaurant Week: Railroad Square Edition

Kabab & Curry/Anil’s Maharaja Lounge shutters

Girl Scout Cookie Time 2010: Samoas: Vanilla cookies, covered with caramel, rolled in toasted coconut, and striped chocolate
Trefoils: Classic Shortbread
thin Mints: Wafers covered with a minty chocolate coating
Tagalongs: Cookies topped with peanut butter and chocolate
Do-Si-Dos: Peanut butter filling sandwiches by oatmeal cookies
Lemon Chalet Cremes: Vanilla sandwich cookies with lemon creme
Thank You Berry Much: Cookies with cranberries and white fudge chips
Dulce De Leche: Bite-sized cookies with milk caramel chips

h2hotel: Rudy Mihal and Scott Beattie Big news from the Healdsburg grapevine: Chef Rudy Mihal (formerly of Odyssey) will head the kitchen of the forthcoming h2hotel and bartending superstar Scott Beattie (Cyrus, Scopa) will be behind the bar.

Fremont Diner Sonoma: hidden away among Sonoma’s vineyards and pastures, is the sort of place every traveler dreams about stumbling into, but rarely ever does. Open for breakfast and lunch daily, 7am to 4pm.

Sonoma County Restaurant Week 2010: hat’s Sonoma County Restaurant Week? Glad you asked. This year is the first year for the event (it’s sort of like San Francisco’s Dine About Town). Participating restaurants will offer prix fixe menus at $19, $29 or $39 per person the week of February 22-28, 2010)

Ume Japanese Bistro, Windsor: Ume is the place that sushi connoisseurs talk about between themselves.

Cheesemongers + Winter Artisan Cheese Fest: Sheana Davis’s Winter Artisan Cheese Fest, A Life on the Wedge by Gordon Edgar

James Beard Awards 2010