While looking for the next Weybridge Collection project in Sonoma, I spent a great weekend in Healdsburg, CA.  This was my third trip!  I love the wonderful square with its great restaurants, wine tasting rooms and galleries.  From a restaurant standpoint, I loved SCOPA, a fairly new Italian restaurant.  The owner’s wife was delightful and it was a great experience.  Next I tried Bistro Ralph, an upscale bistro on the Plaza.  Great food and atmosphere.  I had a great Sunday Brunch at  Charlie Palmer’s well-known Dry Creek Kitchen . The salmon benedict was perfectly done and the carrot cake excellent also. I also enjoyed Zin Restaurant and Wine Bar.  Better atmosphere than food though.  One of my favorite new places was Jimtown Store on Highway 128 in the Alexander Valley outside of town.  It has home-style seasonal food including sandwiches, soups, entrees, wine, espresso and desserts.  It is funky and quite fun.  I would highly recommend it.  My worst meal was at Manzanita. Worth skipping.

I heard that Santi in Geyserville is amazing.  I never got there however. Check out Powell’s Sweet Shoppe for their blackberry cabernet sorbet!  I also like the Flying Goat.  They had great chai and I undertand the have wonderful coffee also  Locals recommend the Downtown Bakery and Creamery for breakfast  and Hotel Healdsburg for jazz at night.

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