Handline

Handline is a coastal California restaurant on Gravenstein Highway South in Sebastopol, set in a converted Foster's Freeze that still carries the shape of the old roadside stand. Chef Natalie Goble and Lowell Sheldon, the team behind the former Peter Lowell's, opened it in 2016, and Goble now runs it as chef and owner. The cooking draws on the seafood traditions of the California and Baja coasts, and much of the produce comes from the Goble family's farm nearby. The format is order at the counter with food brought to the table; the room is bright and modern, its windows open fully to the air, and a large patio set among native California plantings fills on sunny days. Its following has grown by word of mouth, and for many in West County it is simply the everyday stop.