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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.

Madrona Manor's Joseph Bain is the Master of the Cheese Cart

Willi's Seafood, Healdsburg: Serious seafood-centric eating is best left to the coast, but Willi's Seafood is a rare inland exception with a bevy of half-shells and sea fauna

BiteClub finds where to get the best frozen yogurt, ice cream and gelato in Sonoma County and Napa

Zin Restaurant's Brownie Sundae, plus more great Wine Country spots to grab a killer brownie

A Divine Affair in Healdsburg serves up Eastern European fare from mom as well as California classics

Where to find the best artisan olive oil in Sonoma & Wine Country

Top restaurants for vegetarians, vegans, raw foods in Wine Country

Zin Restaurant: Riffing on American regional favorites, (Chicken-N-Dumplings, spaghetti and meatballs, Mac-N-Cheese) Zin Chef Jeff Mall feeds the need for dishes just like mom used to make. Only a lot better. But that's just part of the story.

Off-beat spots to brunch away your Sunday -- on Easter and beyond.

Cyrus launches a vegetarian menu

Hot Dogs: Though Wine Country doesn't even register among the top hot dog consuming spots (New York is, not surprisingly number 1 with LA coming in second) a handful of doggeries have opened in recent months to rave reviews. Uh, especially among local chefs who among their most rabid fans.

Cafe Gratitude: BiteClub is nothing if not adventurous. I'll eat pretty much anything once, but let me say loud and clear that the foods that most concern me aren't pig's ears or cow tongue or chicken feet. It's vegan food.

A lot of restaurants are talking a big game about using local foods, but the reality of securing what they need in a timely manner can be a whole other story. Enter Fork & Shovel, which is hosting a kickoff...

Are you Grateful? Are you Charistmatic, Sassy, Golden or Abundant? Prepare to be all of them...and much moremore when SF's Cafe Gratitude opens in Healdsburg in mid-September. Are we ready for all this raw, vegan, healthful positivity? The restaurant...

A little bit country. A little bit rock and roll. Barndiva is the hipster hangout in Wine Country, with its organic sensibilities, minimalist barn decor and swanky cocktails.

Consider me among the eager masses huddled around the front doors of Ari Rosen's new casual Italian eatery, Scopa. The shoebox-sized restaurant opened last week next to Healdsburg's Bistro Ralph (similarly shoebox-sized), featuring simple, rustic fare from the former Santi chef. The name refers to an ancient Italian card game that, like poker, requires plenty of bluffing, banter, booze and snacks to be properly played

Just a couple weeks into its new ownership, The Healdsburg Bar and Grill is noticeably changed under the watch of Cyrus' Nick Peyton and chef Douglas Keane. Though the look and feel is still very much the same as the old HBG--casual inside tables, t-shirted waitrons and kids running around the bocce ball court outside--the menu has been elevated to haute burger status

Cheese Shop of Healdsburg: Tucked quietly into a Center Street mini-mall, Doralice Handal's Cheese Shop of Healdsburg (423 Center Street, Healdsburg, 707.433.4998) is a dark, cool cheese sanctuary that hits you with a blast of unmistakably funky cheese smell when you walk in.