"There’s something quintessentially Napa about the North Block hotel and its pristine, perpetually busy restaurant. Currently, executive chef Juan Cabrera is offering a 5-course Valley to Coast tasting menu for $90, which does not reinvent the wheel but rather does well-known staples extremely well — think spring pasta with morels and peas, abalone with passion fruit, and a NY strip with shallot marmalade. By Napa standards, it’s value for money in a slick setting. Reservations are available on OpenTable." - Flora Tsapovsky