As someone who moved from the Bay Area to Sonoma Valley almost 30 years ago, I have curated a few “favorite places” around the Sonoma Square.   Having lived in both the hills and in town, these locally owned “spots”, capture the Sonoma Lifestyle experience beautifully.

Favorite spots

Restaurant:

• Café La Haye cafelahaye.com
• Della Santina dellasantina.com
• Harvest Moon Café harvestmooncafesonoma.com
• Girl and the Fig girlandthefig.com
• Swiss Hotel swisshotel.com
• El Molino elmolinocentral.com

Café and bakery:

• Sunflower Cafe sunflowercaffe.com
• Bakeshop & Coffee sunflowercaffe.com

Boutique and shops:

• The Loop sonomaloop.com
• Summer Vine summervinesonoma.com
• Sign of the Bear signofthebear.com
• Sonoma Country Antiques www.sonomacountryantiques.com

Treats:

• Scoops ice cream sweetscoopsicecream.com
• Wine Country Chocolates winecountrychocolates.com

Gardening:

• Sonoma Mission Gardens sonomamissiongardens.com

Personal or business help:

• Bolt Staffing boltstaffing.com