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Day 1 - Santa Rosa

The flight from SD to Santa Rosa is a short one, less than two hours. Arrival late afternoon, just in time for dinner at bird and the bottle, a place I had discovered two years ago. They have a menu with a lot of items grilled in their wood-fired oven, heavy on seafood options which is perfect for me.

Also an interesting cocktail menu, most of them with a drinking vinegar as one of the components.

I went with the B&B, their twist on the Martini with St George Botanivore gin, Carpano dry vermouth, dill drinking vinegar, cucumber water, lime, agave syrup. The dill and and gin flavors dominated. The other drink is their take on the Penicillin which they call The Prescription (Monkey Shoulder Scotch, honey shrub, orgeat, lemon).

No pictures of the food, sadly (we were too busy eating with our hands). My favorites were the grilled pawns (very simple and high quality, the juices from the heads a special treat) and the king crab legs that were served with melted butter mixed with lemon confit and gochujang, really delicious.

The flight from SD to Santa Rosa is a short one, less than two hours. Arrival late afternoon, just in time for dinner at bird and the bottle, a place I had discovered two years ago. They have a menu with a lot of items grilled in their wood-fired oven, heavy on seafood options which is perfect for me.

Also an interesting cocktail menu, most of them with a drinking vinegar as one of the components.

I went with the B&B, their twist on the Martini with St George Botanivore gin, Carpano dry vermouth, dill drinking vinegar, cucumber water, lime, agave syrup. The dill and and gin flavors dominated. The other drink is their take on the Penicillin which they call The Prescription (Monkey Shoulder Scotch, honey shrub, orgeat, lemon).

No pictures of the food, sadly (we were too busy eating with our hands). My favorites were the grilled pawns (very simple and high quality, the juices from the heads a special treat) and the king crab legs that were served with melted butter mixed with lemon confit and gochujang, really delicious.

The flight from SD to Santa Rosa is a short one, less than two hours. Arrival late afternoon, just in time for dinner at bird and the bottle, a place I had discovered two years ago. They have a menu with a lot of items grilled in their wood-fired oven, heavy on seafood options which is perfect for me.

Also an interesting cocktail menu, most of them with a drinking vinegar as one of the components.

I went with the B&B, their twist on the Martini with St George Botanivore gin, Carpano dry vermouth, dill drinking vinegar, cucumber water, lime, agave syrup. The dill and and gin flavors dominated. The other drink is their take on the Penicillin which they call The Prescription (Monkey Shoulder Scotch, honey shrub, orgeat, lemon).

No pictures of the food, sadly (we were too busy eating with our hands). My favorites were the grilled pawns (very simple and high quality, the juices from the heads a special treat) and the king crab legs that were served with melted butter mixed with lemon confit and gochujang, really delicious.