New bites, new museum, and SPRING 🌷

Issue 45

NEWS (TO US)

All the latest scoops

• The Coop. Concession stand / farm stand combo opens in Yountville.
  Right next to the baseball fields, this spot features a tasty mix of ballgame classics and Indian-themed treats. And the prices are very local-friendly. It’s a yes.

• Sam’s General Store. Calistoga cafe opens a spot in St. Helena.
  In the old Napa Valley Roasting Company space.

• Napa Valley Museum of Art & Culture (“The MAC”). Opening soon!
  Featuring the buzzy new exhibit "Heard It on the Grape Vine: Valley Villager and the Future of Napa Valley Media.”
  
  (Okay, that’s made up — but it SHOULD be an exhibit.)

• Clif Family Bruschetteria Food Truck. Themed Street Food Weekly Series.

  Mark yoyur calendars! Caribbean (Apr 9), Spanish (Apr 16), Burmese (Apr 23), Peruvian (Apr 30), Roman (May 7), BBQ (May 14), Argentinian (May 21), Indonesian (May 28), Transylvanian (Oct 31)…

• The Food Mill Kitchen. Under new ownership.
  So… maybe… now… we go there?

• Pasta Lovers Club. Fresh pasta and supper club.

  Yum! Their pop-ups are helping launch their new pasta biz—go now, brag later.

• Silverado Strawberries. Open for the season!

  Strawberry fields forever. Or at least until they sell out—get 'em while they're sweet.

• Lucas Oaxaca Cuisine (at Val’s Liquors). Closed?
  Another eatery closes at Val’s Liquors. Am I the only one who likes to get his Four Loko and his chilaquiles from the same place?

• Flow Napa Valley. New yoga studio and Calistoga wellness hub.
  They even have kids classes!

• Drink Up Napa. New shop focused on non-alcoholic beverages to open May 6.
  Wouldn’t it be funny if they only sold Diet Coke?

• Tehuanita Martina. Conchas & Cinnamon rolls

  Available Sundays at St. John’s—come for the conchas, stay for the salvation.

• Barnhouse. Mix Tape Bingo!?

  Bingo + music + prizes = Monday night done right. Also: beer.

• Easter Egg Hunts. Courtesy our friends at Napa Kids

  Because nothing says “spring” like unleashing a sugar-fueled toddler in a field of hidden plastic eggs.

  
  Over the Hill:
  

• Little Saint & True West Film Center. Filmmaking camp!
  But not just filmmaking, also campers will also learn about farming and public art.
  

COMING IN HOT

Events and happenings

Apr 15: 9th Anniversary Celebration. Starling (Sonoma), free

Apr 18: Opening Exhibition - Julia Child: A Receipe for Life. Museum of Art & Culture (St. Helena), $25

Apr 21: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (screening). Sebastiani Theatre, $10

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

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

Apr 26: Blue Skies Ahead: Making Waves (Fundraiser & Reception). Mentis, $100+

Apr 26: Independent Book Store Day: Find the Golden Ticket! Napa Bookmine and our other bookstores, buy a book!

Apr 27: Decked Out at The Quarters (music festival). Mare Island (Vallejo), free

Apr 27: Napa Race for a Cure (National MPS Society). Kennedy Park, $25+

Apr 27 - May 1: Napa Valley Cocktail Week. Various locations, various prices, various liquors

Apr 28: Best in Show (screening). Sebastiani Theatre, $14

Apr 29: Stoop Supper Club’s Spring Fling. location TBD, $ TBD

Over the Hill:

May 1: A Tribute to Chef's Table: Legends Special Screening + Dinner. CIA Copia, $195

May 4: Napa BikeFest. South Napa Century Center, free to attend

May 10: Itty Bitty City (music) Fest ft Warren G. Solano County Fairgrounds (Vallejo), $25+

May 17: Geek Out Napa Valley (comic book fest). Napa County Library, free

May 22: TJ Martell Foundation: Napa Best Cellars Wine Dinner (fundraiser). CIA Greystone (St. Helena), $600+

Jun 14-Jul 26 (weekly): 6 Week Children’s Gardening & Art Program. Tenfold Farmstand (Petaluma), $120

Jun 19: Cowboy Junkies (live music). Uptown Theatre, $46+

Jul 13: Violent Femmes (live music). Meritage Resort, $61+

Sep 27, 28: Mac DeMarco (live music). The Phoenix (Petaluma), TBD

Oct 19: Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (live music). Uptown Theatre, TBD