The Fig Cafe & Wine Bar Restaurant Review:
Owner Sondra Bernstein offers this more straightforward version of Sonoma's The Girl & The Fig. The menu includes small plates such as house-cured olives and salumi, mussels in tarragon and leek broth, and a signature fig and arugula salad plus thin-crust pizzas such as the ham, potato and Fontina. Comfort food dominates the mains: pot roast, grilled cheese with tomato confit, pan-roasted...
The compact menu at this cheerful bistro, a Glen Ellen fixture, focuses on California and French comfort food—pot roast and duck confit, for instance, as well as thin-crust pizza. Steamed mussels are served with terrific crispy fries, which also accompany the sirloin burger. Weekend brunch brings out locals and tourists for French toast, pizza with applewood-smoked bacon and poached eggs,...
The girl & the fig's sister restaurant is more casual than its downtown Sonoma sibling. But don't let the bucolic neighborhood vibe, airy environs, and soothing sage-and-mustard color scheme fool you. From his open kitchen, general manager and chef de cuisine Bryan Jones brings you the kind of rustic sophistication more commonly associated with urban restaurants. Consider starting with a...
Owner Sondra Bernstein offers this smaller, more straightforward version of Sonoma's The Girl & The Fig. The menu includes many small plates: pork tenderloin with apricot and fig chutney, delicious panko-crusted calamari, and a variety of cheeses and fig selections. Do try the "Fig Royale"---a bubbly concoction of Roederer Estate Brut and Figoun, a German fig-based liqueur---the combination...