
Trattoria Cattaneo is a simple yet quality restaurant that doesn't rely on any frills to impress its loyal customers. The dining room here is tidy, but unassuming; the menu doesn’t feature any elaborate gourmet dishes. Instead, owners Ricardo and Julie Cattaneo have focused on providing a warm, family-style dining experience for every single guest, and […]

Petaluma favorite Zee’s Diner is up and running at their new location on Cleveland Avenue in Santa Rosa, and is sure to become a neighborhood standby for its down-home food and exceptional service. Stop in for breakfast or lunch and enjoy classic diner favorites like light and airy pancakes, meat and vegetable packed skillets, and […]

Positively Fourth Street is a fixture in downtown Santa Rosa, and is your one stop shop for rare finds and home decor items. Beautiful candles and crystals, unique jewelry, and incense and oils fill the small store, along with tons of other little treasures. They have a wall of fun and funky socks that are […]

Chances are you’ve had catering from Starting From Scratch Café. Their busy catering van is always bustling around town delivering to offices, weddings, and events, but you may have overlooked their tucked away café and its fresh and delicious meal options. It’s a bit hard to find in the American Ag Credit building, but a […]

If you take a Sonoma county native with New Orleans culinary training and a gal from Alaska with a family in the restaurant business and put them together, the resulting union is Francettis' — a restaurant owned by a husband-and-wife team who are partners in life and in their successful namesake restaurant. There’s a little […]

Whether you need to do some grocery shopping, find a new ensemble, or pick up essentials for your home, you can do so at Coddingtown. The Santa Rosa mall boasts a large lineup of department stores, supermarkets, and eateries, as well as some smaller shops. Together, they create a one-stop shop for running errands or […]

The scent of espresso brewing envelopes you like a warm hug the moment you step inside Flying Goat Coffee, just as it has for nearly 20 years. The local roaster branches out into three cafes, including the one near you in the Railroad District. It's tucked away in the Western Hotel Building, a historic home […]

"Fair trade" is a term that applies to all types of goods from around the globe, specifically the way that they're produced. It assures consumers that the people who worked hard to craft the item were fairly compensated. At Kindred Fair Trade Handcrafts, shoppers can rest easy knowing that everything in the shop is fair-trade. […]

Fircrest Market is a small, family-owned grocery store, and you can tell from the moment you step through the door. The staff is notoriously friendly and attentive, always dedicated to providing customers with the best service possible. Some of them have been doing it for a decade or more. That includes owners Mike and Dave, […]

Santa Rosa residents are lucky enough to have a year-round farmers market to enjoy every single week. If you haven't yet visited this vibrant farmers market at the Veterans Building, you'll definitely want to mark it on your calendar of summer activities. The Santa Rosa Community Farmers Market takes place on Wednesdays from 9 a.m. […]