{"id":1717,"date":"2012-04-03T12:41:25","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T19:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/winetraveler\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2012-04-03T12:41:25","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T19:41:25","slug":"top-restaurants-in-wine-country-in-the-s-f-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/top-restaurants-in-wine-country-in-the-s-f-bay-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Restaurants in Wine Country in the S.F. Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, April 1, the San Francisco Chronicle Food Editor Michael Bauer came out with his annual list of Top 100 Restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area. If you are planning a trip this year to wine country, you probably will want to consider dining at one of these fabulous wine country restaurants on Michael Bauer\u2019s elite list.<\/p>\n

\"Thomas<\/a>
Thomas Keller has three restaurants on the list all in Yountville.
\nFrench Laundry, Bouchon, and Ad Hoc<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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  • Ad Hoc \u2013 Yountville<\/li>\n
  • Bottega \u2013 Yountville<\/li>\n
  • Bistro Don Giovanni \u2013 Napa<\/li>\n
  • Bouchon* \u2013 Yountville<\/li>\n
  • Cyrus* \u2013 Healdsburg<\/li>\n
  • French Laundry \u2013 Yountville<\/li>\n
  • Mateo\u2019s Cocina Latina \u2013 Healdsburg<\/li>\n
  • Oenotri \u2013 Napa<\/li>\n
  • Press \u2013 St. Helena<\/li>\n
  • Redd* \u2013 Yountville<\/li>\n
  • Restaurant at Meadowood* \u2013 St. Helena<\/li>\n
  • Sante* \u2013 Sonoma<\/li>\n
  • Scopa \u2013 Healdsburg<\/li>\n
  • Solbar* \u2013 Calistoga<\/li>\n
  • Terra* \u2013 St. Helena<\/li>\n
  • Willi\u2019s Wine Bar \u2013 Santa Rosa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    These restaurants were left off the list this year:<\/p>\n

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    • Ubuntu – Napa<\/li>\n
    • Angele – Napa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      These are popular restaurants so be sure to make reservations well in advance of your trip. For the French Laundry, you might need a year in advance for weekend excursions.<\/p>\n

      We like the following restaurants very much and wonder why they are not on the Top 100 Restaurant List:<\/p>\n

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      • All Seasons Bistro – Calistoga<\/li>\n
      • Mustard’s- Yountville<\/li>\n
      • Cindy\u2019s Backstreet Kitchen \u2013 St. Helena<\/li>\n
      • Cook \u2013 St. Helena<\/li>\n
      • Grace\u2019s Table – Napa<\/li>\n
      • Bistro Ralph \u2013 Healdsburg<\/li>\n
      • Diavola Pizzeria & Salumeria – Geyserville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

        * Restaurants that also have Michelin Stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        If you are planning a trip this year to wine country, you probably will want to consider dining at one of these fabulous wine country restaurants on Michael Bauer\u2019s elite list.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[681,682,683,684],"ppma_author":[1885],"authors":[{"term_id":1885,"user_id":3,"is_guest":0,"slug":"joe","display_name":"Joe Becerra","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Joe-Becerra.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Joe-Becerra.jpg"},"first_name":"Joe","last_name":"Becerra","user_url":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com","description":"Joe Becerra has been traveling to wine country and enjoying wine since 1965. He is a retired educator, and now have the time the opportunity to share his wine travel experiences through this Website."}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1717"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/winecountrygetaways.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}