If you are looking for the absolute best in Sonoma County for high-end foodstuffs, look no further…read more Big John's Market is essentially a pilgrimage site for anyone who takes their pantry seriously. The store is beautifully laid out and curated with an eye for quality that puts most 'gourmet' chains to shame. The produce is consistently stunning, and the local wine selection perfectly reflects the best of our backyard (Dry Creek, Alexander Valley, and beyond). The standouts: * The Deli/Prepared Goods: This is the heart of the operation. The sandwiches are legendary, the pizza is artisanal-grade, and the prepared salads are actually fresh and inventive--not just an afterthought. * The Cheese Section: Simply sublime. It is clear whoever curates this section has a deep passion for local creameries and international classics alike. * The Experience: Despite the high-end inventory, the staff is incredibly friendly and grounded. Plus, in a town like Healdsburg, having a lot with decent parking is a massive luxury that makes the trip even easier. Whether you're stocking up for a dinner party or just grabbing the best lunch in town, this place is the gold standard.

We just had brunch at Costeaux French Bakery & Cafe and my wife wanted their English muffins but…read morethey were sold out and told us to go to Big John's Market to get them, as well as, other baked goodies from Costeaux. Big John's is a nice large supermarket which houses a your standard Departments (butcher, bakery, produce, etc and eateries.

The Olive Press is located in the heart of Healdsburg and it has all kinds of olive oil and…read morebalsamic vinegar. I love that you can sample their products before you buy them. We were warmly welcomed as soon as we came in and the service here was excellent. The staff were very friendly and helpful. We came here to purchase two gifts for people out of the area that love to cook. They have lots of gift sets or you can create your own. You can even purchase a glass of wine if you would like. The store has spa stuff and lots of gift items for those who love to cook and entertain. It's a relaxing ambiance and the whole downtown area is a great place to sip and shop with lots of great gift opportunities as well as great ways to relax and treat yourself. Highly recommend checking this place out!

This is a cool store with a big selection of olive oils and vinegars. They have a range of fruity…read morebalsamics and different olive oils, plus all the accessories you'd need for serving your purchases. I like how you can sample everything before you buy it. They are a bit on the pricey side but definitely high quality. Staff was very welcoming and helpful. After a day of wine tasting, it was nice to taste something different!

We stayed in Healdsburg for the first time and we wanted to have some amazing and fresh meals and…read morewe loved the way Baci Cafe sounded and their food looked super cool! We made a reservation a few weeks in advance via our resort concierge and we arrived early to walk around Healdsburg. There is plenty of free street and parking lot parking in the area. We went in the restaurant about 10 minutes early and we received a really warm greeting from the restaurant hostess and they showed us to our table. From the restaurant bus staff to the servers, they were all so warm and welcoming. They came by first and brought us water and a drink list. We ordered a bottle of wine to start, they had a range of wine selections available. They also allow you to bring a bottle of wine, but there is a pretty hefty corkage fee, so for us it made more sense just to order a bottle of wine at the restaurant. The server also came by and brought us fresh bread and olive oil. We ordered the Caesar Salad to start ($16) and the salad was really good and fresh. For entrees, we ordered two pastas to share (one of the pastas on the specials menu for around $30) all including local fresh ingredients, and the Tagliatelle alla Carbonara ($23). They also came by and gave us more bread upon request, and everything was so tasty, we really enjoyed all of the food and very warm and welcoming service!

Expansive menu with many delicious options. Cozy but comfortable space. Our server was friendly…read moreand attentive. I'll be going back.

SCW and I stopped in to Shelton's Natural Foods Market in between wine tastings in need of a bit…read moremore substantial sustenance. Yelp had good reviews so we decided to go. Parking is fairly plentiful in the strip mall it's located in. Stepping inside you'll find a nice market with many different products such as produce, a small salad bar, olive bar, groceries and drinks as well as a deli. Everything looked really good quality. We chose two Tuscan veggie sandwiches which were already prepared in the deli case and looked incredible. The helpful deli counter employee recommended that they were best heated up and offered to do so while we looked around. Soon our sandwiches were warm and off we went. The sandwich was delicious. Absolutely a delight to the senses. Visually it was fresh and vibrant. The layers were impressive. The taste, amazing. The olive tapenade, pesto, greens and veggies were delicious. It's been a while since I've had such a delicious sandwich. We both were saying "yum, mmm" with each bite. Epic sandwich. The service was great. I highly recommend Shelton's Natural Foods market.

Wow! What a great deli section. We came in around 1pm on Saturday. The store feels small but has a…read morelarge assortment of food items. We wanted to get a ready prepared sandwich to take with us for our wine tasting. I chose the pesto chicken panini on the suggestion from the employee behind the counter. Also pickup up the pesto pasta salad!!!! Oh my! The chicken sandwich-spectacular for a deli sandwich from a market. The chicken was thick sliced and had loads of pesto (yum) and spinach. The pesto pasta salad was also strongly flavored with pesto : ). Both paired well with our tastings. We will DEFINITELY come here again for a reasonably priced Delicious sandwich!!! (Sorry no pictures as the sandwich and salad were devoured quickly)

Catelli's is thirty minute drive from the house, so it's not a spot we frequent, but it sure is…read morewell worth it when we do. Our server this evening was a very pleasant woman named Tiffany, and it's more than obvious why she's been here for fourteen years. She had me at "hello." She knows the menu and she had recommendations. This kind of attentive service "everything." Then came the food. Garlic bread, beet salad, chicken parmesan, and steak medallions. All done as they should have been. We'll see ya again soon. Thank you for the experience.

We were recommended this spot from the place we were staying at in the area. When we arrived it was…read morebusy because there was a lot of Prom Students out for dinner, the hostess was very kind and apologetic that as walk ins we were unable to be be seated but she did let us know that it was first come first serve at the bar. My party sat down at the bar and it did appear the majority of the people at the bar were also eating. The Bartender and At this point our server also was incredibly. She was so busy every single one of the bar seats was taken, and she did a fantastic job balancing all of it. Overall the food was an exceptional experience. For starters we got the truffle fries, and A Minestrone soup. The truffle fries were delicious, and had a bit if a kick to them so if you dont like spicy keep that in mind. The Soup was delicious and a great size for the small soup portion. I ordered the Lasagna with meat sauce and its light delicate layers were delicious, and perfectly balanced with the cheese. The server was helpful and informative and told my friend about the Mushroom cream sauce for her ravioli that if you love mushrooms you'll love it but if you don't then steer away. And we LOVE mushrooms and the ravioli paired perfectly with the heavy mushroom cream sauce. We also got the Steak and ordered it medium rare, when it came to us and it was closer to blue/rare the server/bartender didn't hesitate to apologize and in a flash take it back. The cooks remade it and it was perfectly medium rare with that nice browning on the outside and a small bit it pink in the center. We were very satisfied and it was such a lovely touch the manager did come out before the end of our meal to ensure we were satisfied and apologized for the discrepancy in the meal. The fact it was busy every single table full and the bar also being full and the manager still coming to ensure our satisfaction was what true hospitality is all about!! 100000% recommendations for this place and will be coming back!

This is my parents' favorite pizza spot, so I was excited to finally try it. The last time we tried…read moreto eat here was on a weekend around 6 PM, there was a 2 hour wait, so we ended up going somewhere else. Pizzando is a small and cozy restaurant with limited indoor seating, so this time we came early on a Wednesday around 5:30 PM to try to get seated right away. The hostess initially tried to put our group of 4 outside in 50 degree weather, but she managed to combine 2 tables so we could sit inside, which we really appreciated. You could tell she was stressed even though there was only one person in line ahead of us, but I think it might be because they handle a lot of online/takeout orders and she was constantly running around. They may be a bit understaffed(?), which would explain it. She was working hard, but the quality of service felt a little affected. We ordered the calamari appetizer, focaccia bread, beet salad, and 2 pizzas. I would probably order everything again if I came back. The calamari is not what you might expect, it's not battered and crispy but chewy and served in a delicious sauce with a nice kick from the shishito peppers, as shown in my photo. We ended up dipping the focaccia in the leftover sauce and loved it. The beet salad was light and refreshing, a good contrast to all the carbs coming our way. The pizza was great and I especially loved the margherita. You can really taste the quality in the mozzarella, and the dough was fluffy and chewy. Overall, the food was excellent, but I would give the ambiance a 3/5. Our waitress was fine but a little clumsy, and she asked to clear our plates a few times when we were still clearly eating... There were also tiny little flying bugs that kept hovering around our table. They wer SUPER tiny, even smaller than fruit flies but clustered together, and we had to keep swatting them away from our food. I am not sure if this is a regular thing or if it was just because we were seated near the door and they flew in, but it was a nuisance for sure.

Pizzando - Healdsburg…read more Healdsburg was quiet that afternoon. One restaurant had just closed, another bagel shop locked its doors early while someone scrubbed the counters inside. We were hungry and out of options, so we wandered into Pizzando. It looked decent enough. We sat outside next to the the sidewalk, by the street, half enjoying the Sonoma sun, half fighting off flies and truck noise. The fig and blue cheese pizza sounded like something crafted with intent...pancetta, blue cheese, ricotta, arugula, pear, balsamic. Forty-five minutes later, it showed up missing the pancetta. The server shrugged, wandered off, and returned with a plate of cubed pancetta like it was some kind of peace offering. We topped the pizza ourselves. It wasn't bad...sweet, salty, creamy...but the rhythm was off. The focaccia showed up late, the pacing sloppy, the whole experience just slightly out of tune. They knocked two bucks off the bill, a gesture as thin as the crust. Pizzando isn't terrible. It's just the kind of place that reminds you how fragile a good meal is...how easily it can all go sideways when the kitchen forgets what's supposed to be on the pizza. We won't be back.

First time here.. cute little sandwich shop! It's nice to have a deli right in our neighborhood. I…read moreordered turkey on a Dutch crunch with mayo, lettuce, pickles, provolone, red onion and Pepperoncini and of course salt and pepper. It was a pretty good sandwich, really hefty. Good ratio between bread and meat. The bread wasn't too thick which is good, I feel like some places you get a sandwich it's all bread! Really nice welcoming staff too! This will definitely be our go to sandwich spot for the summer time!

Found Summers market on the way to a wine tasting as we're passing through town. Ordered the…read moreItalian sandwich and scone from a very nice gentleman who was helpful and efficient. What? Doesn't everyone order a scone with their sandwich at lunch time? The sandwich was chockfull of a selection ofI Italian meats with a really tasty olive tapenade. The blueberry and strawberry scone was delightful. Would stop again and explore the menu a bit more!!

This is not the typical industrial, tourist trap , over priced nonsense that local wineries tend…read moreto extend to silly tourists that dont know any better. This is the kind of place with soul where you can relax in the shaded or sunny courtyard outside with a glass of wine or bubbles if you decide not to do a tasting. They were originally making olive oil and still do but eventually became a vineyard. There is a peaceful little garden outside and there are even pigs to say hello to. There were a lot of little table outside that could probably be reserved for dinners. At least thats how i imagine it but its worth asking. It steps from town.

Amazing service, excellent wine, great spot to hang. Recommend. Stopped by because they allow walk…read moreins and single glasses of wine and don't regret!

We always enjoy Pepper's: the food has always been good and plentiful; we always take food home…read more I like their breakfasts, eggs are done how you order them and they have very good pancakes. One of my favorite dinners is their chicken, usually two pieces thinly sliced and cooked to perfection and then they have shrimp scampi with a dish of butter to dip it in- delicious; usually served with veggies and potatoes and garlic bread.

I can't remember the last time I was served by a waitress as friendly as the woman who served us at…read morePepper's Healdsburg this past Monday when I stopped by for breakfast. On the rainy day that my wife and I visited Pepper's, it looked like there was only one other person seated at the bar dining at the restaurant. When we walked in, we were quickly greeted and offered a booth close to the front of the restaurant. Not long after being seated, our waitress stopped by to take our drink order, and our coffees took no more than a minute to be brought over. Throughout our meal, our waitress checked on us multiple times to make sure our coffee was never empty. I ordered the oatmeal off the sides menu, and my wife got the chicken fried steak. If you're a fan of chicken fried steak, you will absolutely love the one here. The steak is fried as crispy as a chicken tender, the sausage gravy smothered on top is rich and hearty, and the toasted buttered biscuit served on the side is perfect for sopping up any gravy left on your plate. The over easy eggs we ordered could not have been cooked better. Additionally, the included hash browns were cooked perfectly: the entire surface of the hash browns was cooked to a crispy gold brown with not a single burnt, or uneven bit. I can't recommend Pepper's enough if you happen to be in this part of Healdsburg.

First time here and will definitely be back! Came for lunch on a sunday and the ambience and patio…read moresetting in and of its self was such a delightful treat. Our server Brian was thoroughly knowledgeable about the food and preparation of every dish, while being personable and friendly throughout the entire meal. I was wildly impressed with the efficiency of the kitchen getting food out as well. We had the guava cucumber mocktails which were refreshing and crisp, as well and ginger beer and it was great! The brisket tacos were cooked to perfection and the puree at the bottom of the taco is such a great suprise! My husband got the bahn mo special and I of course stole a bite or two. It was so fresh and falvorful. The fries were tossed in soy sauce syrup and green onions and were mind blowingly good. The entire staff was warm and pleasant. The young staff even made eye contact and engaged with us! haha We will absolutely be back to try the rest of the options they have to offer.

No dinner plans on a Friday night in Healdsburg....no problem! Granted, it was in the winter…read more(though with great weather), but we were able to get a last-minute reservation at Lo & Behold (which was recommended by a local). Our group shared everything and I liked them most in the following order: - Macha fries (not like the tea! More like nacho fries) - Short rib tacos - Burger - Crab salad - Chicken tendies They have an enticing list of cocktails. I don't normally drink cocktails but I had the guava paloma which was excellent. We sat in the patio garden with the heat lamps fired up, and it was wonderful. Great service.