Guidebook for Sonoma
Food Scene
Our most favorite restaurant in town. Only a few tables and a fresh delicious menu of only the best food! The butterscotch pudding is to die for! The owner Saul is wonderful, so say hi to him for us!
58 locals recommend
Cafe La Haye
140 E Napa StOur most favorite restaurant in town. Only a few tables and a fresh delicious menu of only the best food! The butterscotch pudding is to die for! The owner Saul is wonderful, so say hi to him for us!
Great breakfasts with a very cute patio on back or tables on the sidewalk for people watching! They also serve wine and breakfast drinks.
87 locals recommend
Sunflower Caffé
421 1st St WGreat breakfasts with a very cute patio on back or tables on the sidewalk for people watching! They also serve wine and breakfast drinks.
Sonoma's Best is the closest deli and wine bar with garden picnic tables and great fresh made lunch sandwiches and coffee drinks. You can also buy wine, cheese, milk, bread, crackers, eggs, and a lot of basics in their market... Everything you would need for your picnic at a nearby winery!
26 locals recommend
Sonoma's Best Wine Merchant
1190 E Napa StSonoma's Best is the closest deli and wine bar with garden picnic tables and great fresh made lunch sandwiches and coffee drinks. You can also buy wine, cheese, milk, bread, crackers, eggs, and a lot of basics in their market... Everything you would need for your picnic at a nearby winery!
Entertainment & Activities
Buena Vista Winery is one of the oldest in the area, known for their Pinot, but their champaign cave is beautiful and sexy! Skip the museum upstairs. There are hikes and picnicking all around the area between Buena Vista Winery and Bartholomew Winery next door!
69 locals recommend
Buena Vista Winery
18000 Old Winery RdBuena Vista Winery is one of the oldest in the area, known for their Pinot, but their champaign cave is beautiful and sexy! Skip the museum upstairs. There are hikes and picnicking all around the area between Buena Vista Winery and Bartholomew Winery next door!
Nicholson Ranch Winery is has great Pinot, Merlot, and Chardonnay! Call for reservations if you want your wine tasting to include a tour of their wine caves. Or take a picnic and hang out by their lake! Sometimes they have live music on Saturday early afternoons...
6 locals recommend
Nicholson Ranch LLC
4200 Napa RdNicholson Ranch Winery is has great Pinot, Merlot, and Chardonnay! Call for reservations if you want your wine tasting to include a tour of their wine caves. Or take a picnic and hang out by their lake! Sometimes they have live music on Saturday early afternoons...
Gundelach has great wine, a pond for picnicking,and hiking trails.
87 locals recommend
Gundlach Bundschu Winery
2000 Denmark StreetGundelach has great wine, a pond for picnicking,and hiking trails.
Parks & Nature
This winery has great picnic tables, and hiking trails. So go inside, do some tasting, buy a bottle of white and some cheese and head out to a table under a huge oak tree... or bring your own picnic!
60 locals recommend
Bartholomew Estate Vineyards and Winery
1000 Vineyard LnThis winery has great picnic tables, and hiking trails. So go inside, do some tasting, buy a bottle of white and some cheese and head out to a table under a huge oak tree... or bring your own picnic!
Sonoma Overlook Trail
198 1st St WA great hike with views of the Sonoma Valley!
Drinks & Nightlife
A small place with okay wine and fun bands!
11 locals recommend
Sonoma Speakeasy and American Music Hall
452 1st St EA small place with okay wine and fun bands!
This is a dive bar with pool tables, late night food, and sometimes DJ or live bands! They have a full bar and pretty good cocktails and beer selection. Steiners is where all the late night locals hang out of the weekends!
19 locals recommend
Steiner's Taven
465 1st St WThis is a dive bar with pool tables, late night food, and sometimes DJ or live bands! They have a full bar and pretty good cocktails and beer selection. Steiners is where all the late night locals hang out of the weekends!