Name: B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille
Address: 400 1st St E, Sonoma, California, 95476, US

B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille

Italian / American gastropub

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400 1st St E

California

95476

Sonoma Plaza

$$$

Wed–Thu 4:00–9:00pm; Fri 12:00–9:00pm; Sat 11:30am–9:00pm; Sun 11:30am–8:00pm; closed Mon–Tue

Reservations accepted

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Across from the Mission, co-owners Carlo Cavallo, the chef, and Codi Binkley, a musician, run a whiskey bar deep in bourbon, scotch and rye, with a stage for live bands. Cavallo's Italian roots show in homemade gnocchi, pappardelle Bolognese and Dungeness crab ravioli, served beside the B&V burger and herb-crusted branzino. Weekend brunch; closed Mondays and Tuesdays.

Full Bar

Bar Seating

Casual Attire

Lively Atmosphere

Historic Site

B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille occupies the old Sonoma Creamery at the corner of First Street East and Spain Street, across from the Mission. Joe Vella, often called the father of Sonoma's cheese industry, built it in 1926, aging cheese in the basement and selling ice cream on the ground floor. After other uses the building closed in 2006, and its owners, Richard and Mary Ann Sebastiani Cuneo, restored it. Chef Carlo Cavallo and musician Codi Binkley, co-owners from the start, opened their restaurant here in 2014, first as Burgers & Vine, and it has since grown into the B&V of today: part gastropub, part supper club, part music venue, with a crowd that comes as much for the room's energy as for the cooking.

Menu Highlights

Cavallo's cooking leans on his Italian background, with handmade pasta, premium steaks and seafood sharing the menu with the burgers, wings and barbecue that a lively bar calls for. The whiskey program is the headline, deep in bourbon, scotch and rye, and the cocktails are built to match, while wine and beer round out a full bar meant for a long evening. Fridays open at noon, weekends open at 11:30 for brunch, and weeknight dinners run quieter, with happy hour midweek. On music nights the room turns into a stage, so book ahead if dinner is the point and arrive early for a seat near the band. It is an unusually broad operation for the Plaza, and it manages that range without losing the cooking.

Carlo Cavallo

Chef & Co-Owner

Executive chef Carlo Cavallo brings more than two decades of European and North American kitchens to B&V, grounding the menu in his Italian culinary heritage. His cooking pairs house pastas and premium steaks with the farm-to-table sensibility of Sonoma.

Codi Binkley

Co-Owner

Codi Binkley, a musician, co-owns B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille with chef Carlo Cavallo. The partners opened it in 2014 as Burgers & Vine and grew it into a gastropub, supper club and live-music room across from the Mission. He is a frequent presence on the floor, greeting guests himself.

B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille

B&V Whiskey Bar & Grille

Carlo Cavallo

Codi Binkley

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