October 25 – December 24, 2026 Where to Eat in Sonoma County

Three Michelin stars and a Green Star, earned on produce pulled from the Stone Edge Farm gardens a few steps from the dining room. The late-October release (Oct 30, noon) opens December dates — book immediately or wait another month.

Douglas Keane's kitchen held its Michelin star at the June ceremony and the six-course format is running full tilt into harvest's last weeks — this is Zinfandel-and-game season, the room's natural register.

A two-Michelin-Key hotel restaurant that still seats Monday dinner, which almost nothing at this level in the county does. The $45 Wine Country Power Lunch (Wed–Fri) is a serious weekday option while harvest crews finish up.

José López Núñez and Marta Elena Echeverría Bacab bought the place from retiring founder Saul Gropman last October — a 25-year employee taking over the kitchen he came up in, not an investor group. The full staff and the menu's old favorites stayed.

Jim and Michele Wimborough relocated Hazel to the former Barley & Hops space after their original Bohemian Hwy room became Bohemian Bistro. Confirmed open and settled in as of this month — worth the drive out past Freestone now that the kitchen's had a season to find its footing.

Chef Baki Bekci took over the former Tipsy Taco space in mid-August and the room has had a full season to settle — Monday service confirmed, which keeps it on this list over newer arrivals still sorting out their hours.

Press Democrat and Sonoma Magazine both describe this second location — with dinner service, brunch, and its own on-site tofu production — as already running. Both pieces trace to the same syndicated story, so this file is holding it as single-source rather than confirmed. Worth watching, not yet worth planning a trip around blind.

Jordanian, Palestinian, Syrian, and Lebanese cooking with Greek, Turkish, Spanish, and Moroccan touches — a genuinely different menu for a shopping-center address that's cycled through several short-lived concepts. Price range confirmed via Sonoma Magazine; Monday hours still aren't posted anywhere.

Food-truck chef Dino Moniodis — "The Greek," previously mobile-only — is running five-course Greek tasting dinners here as a residency. It's unclear yet whether this is ongoing or limited-run, which is exactly the reason to go now rather than wait.

An SUV crashed into the dining room in May and did over $500,000 in damage. Owner Lisbeth Holmefjord and chef Shari Sarabi reopened July 29 with the same menu and the same crew — the dependable downtown Monday table, back where it left off.

Chef Dino Bugica's wood-fired oven and curing program are built for exactly this stretch — the last Alexander Valley wine-tasting crowds of the season, looking for something to eat after.

Domenica Catelli runs the restaurant her great-grandparents opened — fourth generation, same family, deep Sonoma sourcing. Supper Club nights are worth planning a visit around directly with the restaurant.

Two Michelin Bib Gourmands and a small-production, organic bottle list that rotates with the season — late fall means more structured reds on the by-the-glass list.

Ari Weiswasser and chef de cuisine Bryant Minuche run the only Kenwood kitchen open seven nights — useful to know heading into a season when half the valley's dining rooms go dark midweek.

Stark Restaurants' wood-fired room is best with a group ordering widely — the shared-plate format works especially well now that squash, mushrooms, and braised cuts are on the menu.

House-made pastrami, cured and smoked on the property — a genuine community hub in Railroad Square that doesn't get enough credit outside the neighborhood.

Chef Rodrigo Mendoza's seasonal, wood-fired menu has been the strongest addition to Sebastopol dining in years — and one of the few rooms in town still seating Monday night.

The best zero-proof cocktail program in the county, bar none, with live music keeping the Barlow's evenings alive as the days get shorter.

Chef Stéphane Saint Louis's steak frites with sauce au poivre is a cold-weather dish done right, and this is nearly the only serious bistro table in the county still open on a Monday.

Chefs Stéphane Saint Louis and Steven Vargas are doing Michelin-level cooking at neighborhood prices — nothing else in the county operates quite like it.

Tomales Bay oysters, raw or grilled, for a dollar apiece every Monday — the single best standing value on the coast, and reason enough on its own to make the drive on an off night.

A proper waterfront dinner on Tomales Bay with the fog doing exactly what it does on the coast in late fall — good for a solo lunch at the bar or a slower date dinner.

Chef Julio Aguilera's à la carte format (new as of this past March) makes a Monday dinner here actually plannable, something the old prix-fixe structure never allowed.

The neighborhood hub for a town with almost no other options — polenta in the morning, a reliable lunch counter the rest of the day, every day of the week.