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FIND them Down by the Bay
By Vesta Copestakes
Remember the Sand Piper down
by the Bay at the bottom of the hill in Bodega Bay? Famous for years - clam chowder and everything seafood. They moved to the top of the hill when the landowner decided to remodel. So now we have a move in the opposite direction...along with some additions and improvements.
Gourmet au Bay (1412 Bay Flat Rd) has been above the Bay for years, serving wine on their deck overlooking the water and sunsets, wine tasting and an excellent gift shop for tourists and locals. Always busy but never enough parking and a challenge to get on and off Coast Hwy 1.
Ginochio’s opens at 7am serving traditional hearty breakfast, and BBQ ribs with family recipe Italian dishes for lunch.
Now they are down by the shore of the Bay with a large patio that looks straight onto the water with sheltered dining outdoors that they share with Patty Ginochio - president of the Bodega Bay Chamber of Commerce, Champion of the Coast, and owner
Sissy & Bob Blanchard open
for lunch and dinner next door at Gourmet au Bay. A protected patio joins the two restaurants so people have plenty of choices for seating both inside and out.
of Ginochio’s Kitchen (1410 Bay Flat Rd) along with her husband Paul and daughter Alicia.
G au B has a much bigger wine tasting bar and gift shop than they used to but they have also added a fine restaurant. Fresh local produce and fish and shell fish straight
off the boats off them exceptional ingredients for their imaginative menu. Their crab cakes are the best of the best, and this Winemaker Flatbread will be bringing us back. Good people, good food, good location...it doesn’t get any better than this on the coast. Start your day here, wander the coast and end your day here with a flight of wine to watch the sunset. And yes, bring your dogs to sit on the patio!
DOUBLE BENEFITS: Go to the Forest & the Coast
Stewards of the Coast & RedwoodsVISITOR CENTERS in Armstrong Woods in Guerneville and in Jenner by the estuary parking lot and post office are open Holiday Hours for gifts and memberships 11-3 daily.
Plush puppets of many of our local wildlife. Field Guides, t-shirts, sweatshirts, iPad & iPhone cases, lots of educational games for kids. Jigsaw puzzles for all ages, mobile device solar chargers, backpacks, jewelry and pewter barrettes, holiday nature ornaments. All support Stewards’ work in local State Parks and members get a 20% discount.
We also have items on our online store: stewardscr.org
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