3 Best Restaurants in Forestville, Napa and Sonoma

The chef at this few-frills restaurant with seating outdoors under a massive poplar tree or inside at the bar and a handful of tables prepares pan-Chinese comfort cuisine. Dishes that might include pork wonton noodle soup, spicier Taiwan beef noodle soup, congee (rice porridge), sizzling black cod, and Szechuan mapo tofu with black bean sauce are easy to appreciate on their culinary merits, the bonus being the sense of deep cultural attachment underpinning them.

A longtime Bay Area caterer opened this retail shop serving soups, salads, sandwiches, and a few entrées to go or eat indoors or on the front patio. Supplementing staples like turkey, tri-tip, and roasted portobello sandwiches—the Caesar salad is a town favorite—are surprise items, says the owner, "we just feel like cooking, like pot roast when it rains or Thai wraps on sunny days."

The chefs at this casual-contemporary, wide-windowed restaurant in downtown Forestville prepare two types of pizzas—thicker pies cooked in a wood-fired oven and thinner ones with cold-fermented dough baked in an electric oven. Tapas, meatballs, salads like the seasonal burrata-and-beets, and other small plates are among the non-pizza alternatives.