Barndiva

Barndiva sits a half-block off Healdsburg Plaza in a high-ceilinged, barn-like building framed by wisteria-canopied gardens, about half an acre in the center of town spread across two properties. Jil and Geoff Hales, with Lukka Feldman, opened it in 2004 as a place where food, art and community would share one roof, and the family also keeps a farm in Philo, where dry-farmed apples, figs and chestnuts have grown on a ridge above the Pacific for some three decades. Michelin recognized the kitchen with a star for three consecutive years, and people still drive up for it. In January 2024 the family set aside the multicourse format and returned to that founding idea, turning toward casual suppers, gatherings and private events, with Studio Barndiva, the neighboring gallery, now part of the dining room.