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Howard Station Cafe
AMERICAN
(
707-874-2838;
www.howardstationcafe.com
;
3811 Bohemian Hwy; mains $6-12;
7am-2:30pm
Mon-Fri, to 3pm Sat & Sun; )
Big plates of comfort cooking and fresh-squeezed juices. Cash only.
Wild Flour Bread
BAKERY
(
www.wildflourbread.com
; 140 Bohemian Hwy, Freestone; items from $3; 8:30am-6:30pm Fri-Mon)
Organic brick-oven sourdough breads, giant sticky buns and good coffee.
Bohemian Market
DELI
( 707-874-3312; 3633 Main St; 8am-9pm)
Occidental's best grocery store has an OK deli.
Rocker Oysterfeller's
NEW AMERICAN
( 707-876-1983;
www.rockeroysterfellers.com
; 14415 Hwy 1, Valley Ford; mains $13-24;
5pm-8:30pm Thu & Fri, from 3pm Sat, from 10am Sun)
We love the flavor-rich cooking at this Valley Ford roadhouse, which features barbecued
oysters, local crab cakes, steaks and fried chicken. Great wine bar, too. Sundays there's
brunch.
Barley & Hops
PUB FOOD
(
707-874-9037;
www.barleynhops.com
;
3688 Bohemian Hwy; mains $10-15;
4-9:30pm Mon-Thu,
from 11am Fri-Sun)
Serves over 100 beers, sandwiches, giant salads and shepherd's pie.
Union Hotel
ITALIAN
(
707-874-3555;
www.unionhoteloccidental.com
; 3703 Bohemian Hwy; meals $15-25;
11am-9pm;
)
Occidental has two old-school American-Italian restaurants that serve family-style meals.
The Union is slightly better (neither is great), and has a hard-to-beat lunch special in its
