44964 Fri Apr 07 21:43:50 -0700 2006 18 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 221857 Looking for restaurants in Petaluma, CA. Prefer ethnic, but also interested in any especially good restaurants. Also looking for bakeries. Fri Apr 07 21:43:50 -0700 2006 0 Derinda Gates 1 221872 Della Fattoria Downtown - Closed Monday 141 Petaluma Boulevard North, Petaluma, CA 94952 -Phone: 707-763-0161 Tuesday thru Saturday 7am to 7pm, Sunday 9am to 3pm Karina’s Mexican Bakery 827 Petaluma Blvd. Petaluma 707-765-0711 707-765-2772 (fax) Mon-Fri, open to 5pm Sat-Sun, open to 6pm 9 Islands Bakery Cafe 1 Padre Pkwy Rohnert Park 94928 707-586-1620 Full Circle Baking Company and Italian Delicatessen Kathy Giusto, Owner P.O. Box 914 10151 Main St., Suite 120 Penngrove, CA 94954 707-794-9445 707-794-9646 fax Ginger Bread Haus 8274 Old Redwood Hwy. Cotati. 707.665.9068. Fri Apr 07 22:45:52 -0700 2006 221857 0 Cynthia 2 221932 I've had good hamburger buns from Lombardi's. Lombardi's Petaluma French Bakery (707) 762-9346 389 Petaluma Blvd N Petaluma, CA 94952 Sat Apr 08 13:48:00 -0700 2006 221872 0 Melanie Wong 1 3962213 Good flavours, if not super authentic. Very friendly and reasonable. Sat Aug 16 09:59:34 -0700 2008 221857 218944 Robin Langton 2 3964692 Namaste Cafe is undergoing an owner change....two families instead of the group of four. The cooks are the same except for the original head cook. Food is spicier.... waitstaff is larger and friendlier... New name will be Everest Kitchen BTW folks in Petaluma might object to Rohnert Park, Penngrove and Cotati being considered a part of Petaluma (and visa versa). Each of the four communities are distinct and different... Sun Aug 17 17:31:00 -0700 2008 3962213 55542 drmimi 3 3965049 Really...like 5 minutes in the car different...realistically..live and love. Sun Aug 17 20:41:12 -0700 2008 3964692 218944 Robin Langton 4 3965083 I live in Petaluma.... even the East and West siders see themselves differently:) 5 minutes is different-- Penngrove teenie tiny and very country, Cotati - funky and small more like a college town- full of taverns, neat coffee houses and small resturants (very anti chain), Rohnert Park-- more chains and a few small restuarants-- but more than you realize. Petaluma-- town of "keep Petaluma eggscentric:)" Reminds me of the constrasting flavors of neighborhoods in Chicago- my hometown... Sun Aug 17 21:10:20 -0700 2008 3965049 55542 drmimi 1 3963301 Lolita's Mexican place on Lakeville Highway. Small Mexican market with outstanding taqueria inside, also excellent birria. Sat Aug 16 22:20:58 -0700 2008 221857 43891 poulet_roti 2 3969164 I second Lolita's! Just ate there weekend before last and had two chicken mole enchiladas, and my husband had the same. We kept talking about how even the rice and beans were just especially good. The chips and salsa were addictive. I even consider this a destination place for the best Mexican taqueria fare. The market is fascinating too. I'm making plans to meet my foodie friends from Berkeley there so we can eat and shop. Tue Aug 19 10:06:18 -0700 2008 3963301 64085 Kathleen M 3 3969649 link Tue Aug 19 12:25:50 -0700 2008 3969164 10264 rworange 1 3963405 Chinatown - Kentucky and Washington We went for the first time tonight and it was great. Handmade potstickers and Mu Shu, good soup and main dishes - great value for money. Must go, relaxed, Chinatown in Petaluma..Awesome. Enjoy Robin. Sun Aug 17 00:11:12 -0700 2008 221857 218944 Robin Langton 2 3964698 also you can ask specifically to for them to not cook with MSG-- beware if you are sensitive... they also have a nice banquet area upstairs for large parties.. Sun Aug 17 17:34:39 -0700 2008 3963405 55542 drmimi 1 3965074 Aside from strip mall Chinese. nothing too exciting that I've found (I'm a Petaluma Hound). But as has been pointed out in articles, strip mall Chinese should be good to draw food to draw people into a strip mall. Check 'em out. Sun Aug 17 21:03:51 -0700 2008 221857 55316 mpalmer6c 2 3965213 Wow, I think of Petaluma as a real chowhound time. I've actually driven there for some food. You don't like Lombardi's, Petaluma Creamery, Della Frattoria (a great bakery, imo), Aram's Cafe, or any of the restaurants on this list? http://www.chow.com/search?search%5Bboard_id%5D=1&search%5Bboardgroup_id%5D=1&search%5Bclass_names%5D=Restaurant&search%5Bfilters%5D=&search%5Bquery%5D=Petaluma&x=21&y=10 Sun Aug 17 22:41:50 -0700 2008 3965074 10264 rworange 3 3966746 Thanks rworange! As a Petaluman, I am glad someone mentioned the above places.... There are lots of places to try-- just have to get past the "it's in a strip mall" thing-- many nice surprises... Mon Aug 18 13:04:15 -0700 2008 3965213 55542 drmimi 4 3968074 I think Water Street Bistro is so good for lunch that it's a place I make sure to take visitors to. Mon Aug 18 21:43:43 -0700 2008 3966746 10724 Mick Ruthven 5 3968699 Also for a good lunch-- Dempsey's -- the resturant faces the Petaluma river. However you have to "gasp" come in via the strip mall that has the Grocery Outlet-- on East Washington just before water street. Tue Aug 19 07:27:42 -0700 2008 3968074 55542 drmimi 1 3965262 This is my list from last year, so not as current as it might be. Follow up with a search on Chowhound and at the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat website. Either Jeff Cox or Michele Anna Jordan have reviewed all of these, and their reviews have specific recommendations of dishes. Cucina Paradiso — good Italian trattoria Water Street Bistro — chef Stefanie Rastetter used with the Daniel Patternson at Babette’s. She’s talented. Breakfast and lunch only, I think. Sugo Italian trattoria 5 Petaluma Blvd. S., Petaluma , CA 94952, Telephone: 707-782-9298 Sooze Wine Bar Café 6 Petaluma Blvd. N. , Petaluma, 707-762-3743 Cuisine: Eclectic Sal's Bistro Good cioppino, linguine with clams, Italian... 919 Lakeville St., Petaluma, 707-765-5900 Little Thai — 109 N. McDowell Blvd., Petaluma, 789-9777 (Plaza North Shopping Center). Papas Graffiti Central Market (emphasis on slow food, with New Orleans style) Bricks (thin-crust pizza) The New Yorker Pizza Restaurant 3 Petaluma Blvd North, just north of B Street, near The Mystic, (707) 762-7595 Sun Aug 17 23:55:34 -0700 2008 221857 18222 maria lorraine 1 3966801 Thang Long has a location just east of the freeway. Best Pho' between Santa Rosa and San Francisco, IMHO. Mon Aug 18 13:21:35 -0700 2008 221857 13300 Civil Bear