Major bagel shake-up, yet more pizza and other news 🥯 🍕

Issue 42

NEWS (TO US)

All the latest scoops

• Winston’s + Paulie’s Bagels. Paulie is moving on.
  You were our everything.

• Golden Bagel Cafe. New concept and dinner menu.
  ”I call it… the supper bagel.”

• Rutherford Family Pizza. Opening “SLICEHOUSE” downtown.
  But where will they find enough high schoolers to staff it??

• Carabao. Beloved Filipino pop-up opening brick-and-mortar space!
  In Century Plaza on Imola.

• BottleRock. “AfterDark” shows announced.
  Tickets on sale now.

• Loose Caboose. Hobby store moving to Food City plaza.
  The rest of the train will remain in its current location.

• Napa Humane. “Pawsport” 2025 is on.
  Donate $75 to the Napa Humane Society and get all manner of deals at local wineries, restaurants, hotels, etc.

• The Exchange. Clubhouse for creatives now open (Vallejo).
  What was formerly The Joint and Creative Interchange is now The Exchange. Grand opening March 1.

• Mr. Snacks. “New” food truck on Soscol.
  Maybe this has been open a while, but we just discovered it. It is THE place when you have a craving for crepes, sushi or hot dogs.

• The Barn. Members-only downtown venue.
  New space by the Napa Valley Car Club team. Fidelio.

Over the Hill:

• Eugene’s. Sandwich and foccacia pop-up to watch.
  Popping up at Dos’ Bar tonight.

• Sonoma Film Club. Movies and wine!
  Screenings at the Sebastiani Theater and wine curated by the Valley team — the next screening is March 24!

• Valley Swim Club. Clam (pizza) pie Tuesdays!
  Now through May.

• Sonoma International Film Festival. Volunteer!
  Get on the list, it’s highly flexible and there are all kinds of perks. The festival starts March 19, but there are year-round opportunities.

Rumor Mill:
Our new section for unsubstantiated scoops.

• A16 (“the old Miminashi space”) to open in April…?

• Winston’s to begin serving liquor/cocktails…? Does this mean a dinner menu forthcoming?

• SCAD taking over the Oxbow School space…?

• Starting in May, the first Thursday of the month brings music, drink and a “chef’s market” vibe to Oxbow Commons.
  

COMING IN HOT

Events and happenings

Fridays: Film series all winter. Valley Swim Club (Sonoma)

Feb 25: Souvla x Charlie’s: Benefit for LA Fires. Charlie’s (St. Helena), prices vary

Feb 28: Black Wine Fest. Napa Valley Library, sold out but you should know the library does cool stuff like this

Feb 28: Glaze and Sip (pottery making, wine and dinner). Covet Napa, $65

Feb 28: Screening: Out of Africa. Napa Valley Yoga Center, free

Mar 1: Screening + Dinner: Love Is a Fish. Valley Swim Club (Sonoma), $50

Mar 1: Nick Lowe and Los Straitjackets. Uptown Theatre, $52+

Mar 1: Mardi Gras Parade. Downtown Yountville, free

Mar 2: Cameo Celebrates the Oscars. Cameo Cinema (St. Helena), $40

Mar 5: Whitney Cummings. Uptown Theatre, $57+

Mar 5-8: Celebration of Women in Wine. Various locations, $34+

Mar 6-9: Fork2Film Festival. Cameo Theatre, $20 per screening

Mar 8: The Comedy of Brian Posehn. Sebastiani Theatre (Sonoma), $45

Mar 15: Gillian Welch & Dave Rawlings. Uptown Theatre, $90+

Mar 19-23: Sonoma Film Fest. Various locations, prices vary

Mar 21-23: 19th Annual California Artisan Cheese Festival. Various locations in Sonoma County, $50+

Apr 5: Lebanese Luncheon Cooking Class. Yountville Community Center, $120+

Apr 9-13: Songwriters in Paradise. Various locations, $1300+ (ouch)

Apr 24-26: Madeleine Peyroux. Blue Note, $115+

May 9, 10: David Sedaris. $73+

Apr 24-27: Napa Valley StreamFest. Downtown venues in Napa, $250+

Apr 27: Decked Out (Music Festival). The Quarters (Mare Island), free

May 16: Devendra Banhart. Gundlach Bundschu, $70

May 16: Thievery Corporation. Uptown Theatre, $63+

May 17: Art, Sip & Stroll. Yountville, price tbd

June 19: Cookout at the Vineyard (Juneteenth Celebration). Decant Wine, $81+

Sept 13: MJ Lenderman & The Wind. Gundlach Bundschu, $79 (almost sold out!)