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By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. Get fired up for COCHON HERITAGE FIRE this Saturday August 25th in Napa. The second largest Cochon 555 event will again celebrate heritage breed animals such as goat, lamb, pig, rabbit, and wild birds from 3:30pm to 6:…

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. Sunset magazine food editor Margo True talks kitchen gardens, the Edible Schoolyard Project, and healthy green living with chef and culinary legend Alice Waters on Saturday August 25th at 4pm in Healdsburg. The event showcases the 2012 Sunset Idea…

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. Owners of Napa’s Michelin-starred UBUNTU are continuing to look for a sale after negotiations between Terra’s Lissa Doumani and Hiro Sone broke down last month. The deal breaker: terms of the lease with the building’s landlord,…

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. ESTATE RESTAURANT, owned by chef Sondra Bernstein of THE GIRL & THE FIG in Sonoma, will close in late September 2012. The news comes on the heels of the sale of the historic property that’s been home to…

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. For nearly a generation, the building at 813 Main Street in downtown Napa stood as silent witness to a sad chapter in the town’s history. Owned since 1945 by the Fagiani family, the building was a bustling bar…

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. After several years of disputes and lawsuits between Healdsburg’s Michelin-starred CYRUS RESTAURANT and their HOTEL LES MARS landlords, it was announced that the restaurant will close October 29, 2012. Crossroads Winery, LP, owned by investor Bill Foley, will…

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Sign up for the BiteClub Newsletter. Bay Area sandwich sensation IKE’S PLACE opened its first Wine Country outpost this week. Though owner Ike Shehadeh has been fighting an uphill battle to get the Santa Rosa spot open since 2010 (and really, when is Shehadeh…

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. A K-J café? JACKSON FAMILY WINES will take over the former Shimo Modern Steak location in Healdsburg. The 241 Healdsburg Avenue space is slated to become a “culinary café” showcasing orchestrated food and wine pairings, a menu of small bites, and a curated selection of…

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Healdsburg loves a restaurant opening. Even more so when it includes a bocce court, Mugnaini pizza oven, and chef Ari Rosen. The popular SCOPA owner opened his second restaurant, CAMPO FINA, this week, after months of secrecy over the design and concept. Turns out it…

By 707 correspondent Heather Irwin. Chef Louis Maldonado of h2hotel’s SPOONBAR has been tapped to open a new wood-fired pizzeria at sister property HOTEL HEALDSBURG in August. Dubbed Pizzando, it looks to be more than just another upscale pizzeria, with former ~A16~ chef Liza Shaw consulting on the menu.…