Water Street Bistro. Downtown Petaluma
Been reading about this spot down by the River in Petaluma for awhile ...... Chef/owner Stephanie Rastetter used to be the sous chef for Daniel Patterson at Babette in Sonoma when it was getting many accolades. Now she does breakfast and lunch in a comfortable casual setting overlooking the Petaluma River. She is there making sandwiches and assembling plates....... they use a lot of local produce and source nearby. You order at the counter and find a table. I had the muffaletta (half) and salad - lunch special for $7.95 IIRC . The heated sandwich was satisfying but could have used a bit more olive relish for my taste. Generous side salad was a good foil - a leaf or two had seen better days but overall the greens were a nice mix. One of our group had the Eggplant/Provolone Sandwich and was very pleased with her selection. We sat outside and enjoyed the winter sun. There were lots of interesting items on the menu - will warrant a return trip. Some previous posts had mentioned slow service but we didn't notice that ...... folks were friendly and our food came pretty quickly. It wasn't full when we arrived though ..... if you go at peak hours I could see that it might take a bit so be forewarned.
I think they do an occasional dinner - maybe monthly?
By gordon wing
on Feb 23, 2009 05:08 PM
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100 Petaluma Blvd N Ste 106, Petaluma, CA 94952
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I eat lunch there fairly often, almost always on Fridays (I have a friend who works right near there and that's usually our convenient day to meet for lunch). I've always been very impressed with anything I've ordered. I've found that the salads are particularly good. They are also super friendly. However, maybe because I am usually there during lunch hour, I've also found that it takes quite a long time to get the food. I don't think it's because the service isn't good, I just think it's a very small operation and they are making good food to order.
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100 Petaluma Blvd N Ste 106, Petaluma, CA 94952
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It's been one of my favorite places for quite a while. One favorite thing there for me is the muffaletta (half) and soup - lunch special because (1) a nice green salad comes with the half sandwich and (2) their soup is great.
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The time I went I was underwhelmed, but b'fast and sandwiches are not my favorite foods. so...
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As I recall they don't serve a "real" breakfast; my experience is at lunch. The soup has always been superb and, yes, I do like a good sandwich. They have other things too but I'm not so versed in them.
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I had lunch there for the first time in maybe a year, and it was as good as ever. I had the 1/2 soup 1/2 sandwich with their very good crab chowder and a pork sandwich with cambozola, which came with a nice green salad with vinaigrette. I kept thinking what a great lunch and all for about $8.
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