I’ve often said that a restaurant experience is like a 3 legged stool.
One leg represents FOOD. One leg stands for ATMOSPHERE. One leg for SERVICE. If any one of these three elements is missing the whole experience falls over…just like a 3 legged stool.
The FOOD Leg. If the food is not good, we won’t recommend it and you’ll be saved. That’s IF you listen to us. But Napa has earned the reputation as being the Food and Wine Capital of America. We have some wonderful, inventive and delicious food, some within walking distance of the Beazley House. You can dine on dishes prepared with the freshest of ingredients, in some cases right from the restaurant’s own garden. We won’t send you to “average”. After all, it’s not like it’s your North Dakota’s cousins’ cuisine that you HAD to eat (once).
The importance of this “edible gardens” movement is illustrated at Julia’s Kitchen in Copia. Out front are over three and a half ACRES of organically grown and harvested gardens. The new 25 Degrees Brix has completely torn off their west facing walls, replaced them with floor to (tall) ceiling windows and re-arranged their whole dining room to take in the delicious views of their organic gardens and vineyards. Brix is the perfect representation of Napa Valley Atmosphere and Two legs firmly planted on the dinning stool! Unfortunately for Brix the third leg (Service) is still a bit wobbly. Stay tuned.
So which restaurants we recommend are SOLID examples of our little culinary stool? Our guests tell us: Allegria in a beautiful, circa 1900’s bank, complete with vault; Celadon AND Coles Chop House; Uva Trattoria Italiana, great food and jazz to match; Julia’s Kitchen good now, great soon; Angele, right on the Napa river. The Culinary Institute of America Wine Spectator Greystone Restaurant’s Terrace, the only thing better than the view might be the food.
You can count on the Beazley House to book reservations, give you a written introduction and specific directions to some of the best “seats’ in Napa Valley.
