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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
1869 saloon - whole pizza, salad and soda for $12. At dinner, sit in the fabulous Bocce
Ballroom.
Bistro des Copains
FRENCH-CALIFORNIAN
( 707-874-2436;
www.bistrodescopains.com
;
3728 Bohemian Hwy; mains $24-26, 3-course menu
$40-45; 5-9pm Wed-Mon)
Worth a special trip, this convivial bistro draws bon vivants for Cal-French country cook-
ing, like
steak
-
frites
and roast duck. Great wines; $10 corkage for Sonoma vintages. Make
reservations.
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