Name: Bravas Bar de Tapas
Address: 420 Center St, Healdsburg, California, 95448, US

Bravas Bar de Tapas

Spanish

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420 Center St

California

95448

Downtown Healdsburg

Monday–Sunday, 11:30 AM – 9:00 PM

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Mark and Terri Stark's Healdsburg tapas bar does most of its business outdoors, across a flagstone patio, a heated deck and an outdoor bar behind the house. Small plates arrive as they are ready: patatas bravas, jamón ibérico sliced to order, eggplant chips with truffle honey, crab-stuffed piquillo peppers. Paella cooks over wood on weekends. Sangria comes by the pitcher.

Outdoor Seating

Lively Atmosphere

Bar Seating

Casual Attire

Full Bar

Walk-ins Welcome

Parking On-Site

Bravas Bar de Tapas brings the rhythm of Spain's tapas bars to a classic 1920s bungalow a few blocks off Healdsburg Plaza. Mark and Terri Stark opened it in November 2012, and it remains part of their family of Sonoma County restaurants. The room is small and usually full, and much of the life of the place happens outdoors, behind the house. Michelin awarded it a Bib Gourmand in 2019, Travel + Leisure singled out its tapas in 2015, and USA Today has listed it among the country's top Spanish restaurants. Michelin has recognized the kitchen, and people do drive up to Healdsburg for it, yet the evening keeps the easy pace of a neighborhood bar, where a few plates and a drink can stretch into a whole night.

Menu Highlights

The menu runs traditional and modern in parallel: pan tomate with Arbequina olive oil and sea salt keeps faith with Spain, while Monterey calamari shows the kitchen's California sourcing. Plates are small and arrive as they are ready, so order a few, then a few more, and let the table fill the way it would at a bar in Spain. Outside, a flagstone patio, a covered and heated deck and an outdoor bar give the restaurant most of its seats; ask for the deck on cool evenings and the patio on warm ones. The inside room is small and fills quickly, so come early or late to miss the dinner rush, and leave room to linger, since the pace here rewards an unhurried evening.

Terri Stark

Co-Owner

Terri Stark co-owns Bravas Bar de Tapas with chef Mark Stark, part of their Stark Reality group of Sonoma County restaurants. She runs front-of-house operations across the group and creates the interior design for each restaurant. She studied leisure services, with a hospitality focus, at the University of Oregon, and the Starks were 2013 James Beard semifinalists for Outstanding Restaurateur.

Bravas Bar de Tapas

Bravas Bar de Tapas

Terri Stark

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