Thursday, May 17, 2012
Downtown Napa is the place to be from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursdays through Aug. 2 for food, music, friends and fun. But this year, we leave our four-footed friends at home: Market officials say the no-dogs rule will be enforced.
The long-awaited return of Chefs' Market takes place tonight in downtown Napa from 5 to 9 p.m. According to the Napa Downtown Association, which hosts the free event, The Napa Chefs' Market features two cooking demonstrations each night, at 6:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., featuring world-renowned chefs, who are also Napa locals. After the demonstration, audience members may enjoy a sample of the food paired with a taste of wine from Downtown Napa tasting rooms. Both are free of charge. Along with cooking demonstrations, live music, fresh produce, family entertainment, food trucks and art, Chefs' Market offers assorted opportunities to support local nonprofits. Tonight, Cope Family Center is the market's nonprofit of the week. Purchase your …
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The downtown Napa resale shop is closing after less than a year. What would you like to see there next? Tell us in the comments.
Napa Valley Buy and Sell is closing its doors as proprietor Bill Kolovani prepares for a move back East with his wife, departing Napa Valley College president Edna Baehre-Kolovani. So who, or what, should be the next tenant of this retail shop on First Street? Share your ideas with us.
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Today's our final Tuesday to give away free canvas shopping totes at the Napa Farmers Market. Come by the Napa Patch table, sign up for the daily newsletter and walk off with a spiffy new bag while supplies last!
Are you coming to the Napa Farmers Market this morning? Would you like to pick up a free, sturdy cotton canvas market bag for your purchases? Be sure to stop by the Napa Patch table and sign up for the daily newsletter: We're rewarding new subscribers with Patch bags from 7:30 a.m. till we run out of one or another. Already a subscriber to our morning newsletter? Bring a friend to sign up and you'll both get a bag, as long as supplies last! The market closes at noon, but come early for your best chance at getting one of our popular Patch bags. See you at the market! Is your event listed in our calendar? Don't miss the chance to reach thousands of Napa readers on our home page and through our daily newsletter: Post your event listings for …
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Four decades of fish fancying have made Jim Jacques the go-to man for aquarium needs in Napa — and it didn't take long for him to get in the swim with Patch, claiming his free business listing on our site. Have you claimed yours?
Even if you've never stopped at Aquatic World, chances are the sign has caught your eye as you passed by on California Boulevard: It's no idle come-on: The piscine pulchritude displayed inside this unassuming storefront is colorful, exotic and ever-changing. Run locally since 1970, Aquatic World moved from Bel Aire Plaza to its current location in 2004. The shop offers goldfish, saltwater fish and tropical fresh-water fish, and stocks a wide range of fish-tanks, filters, air-pumps, food and decor for which the aquatic environment. Owner Jim Jacques is not only an expert aquarist: He's a smart businessman who took advantage of the opportunity to claim his free Napa Patch business listing, so he can customize the listing information and …
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Aquatic World
2407 California Blvd Ste 3, Napa, CA
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Monday, May 14, 2012
The teaching winery at Napa Valley College is throwing a party Tuesday afternoon to introduce its latest wine releases, and you're invited.
The Napa Valley Vintners’ Teaching Winery at Napa Valley College is releasing five new wines with a "May Fair" release party May 15 from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. The following wines will be released: 2011 Estate Sauvignon Blanc - $18 2010 Estate Syrah - $25 2010 Estate Chardonnay - $25 2010 Estate Pinot Noir - $30 2009 Estate Cabernet Sauvignon - $35. Sponsors will be recognized and south campus arts will be showcased in the winery. The event is free and open to the public. Is your event listed in our calendar? Don't miss the chance to reach thousands of Napa readers on our home page and through our daily newsletter: Post your event listings for free at napa.patch.com/events/new!
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Napa Valley College
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The Napa Valley Register is reporting that hotelier Rick Swig is the new owner of the north Napa motel, which he plans to renovate and rename.
The John Muir Inn in north Napa has been sold for $6.8 million to a local hotelier and consultant who plans to rename and "rebrand" the 60-room motel, according to a report in the Napa Valley Register. New owner Rick Swig told the newspaper he will affiliate the "underperforming" property with the Choice Hotels chain as a Quality Inn, renaming it Napa Winery Inn. Swig, who said he will spend another $1 million to renovate the inn, did not purchase the adjacent restaurant formerly occupied by Marie Callendar's and listed for $3.3 million, according to the Register report. Do you subscribe to the Napa Patch newsletter? It brings our latest stories, blogs, announcements and the day's calendar events to your in-box early each morning. If you …
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John Muir Inn
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In a blonde wig, bikini and stick-on tattoos, Beth Rypins of Napa won the 5-mile kayak portion of the Great Russian River Race, which drew more than 400 paddlers and a total of 700 people to the Sonoma County event. She also won Best-Dressed.
Napan Beth Rypins, a former professional river rafter and paddler for 25 years who owns Wine Country CrossFit, won overall first place in the five-mile kayak competition during Saturday's Second Annual Great Russian River Race in Healdsburg. Rypins told Healdsburg Patch she had been off the river for a while, but when she heard about last year's event, she decided to dust off her paddling chops and jump in for the 2012 return of the 5-mile river race. "Since I had the advantage of experience, I decided to start way back and work myself up, picking people off," said Rypins, who also won the day's "Best Dressed" award, sporting a blonde wig, bikini and pasted-on tattoos. "I had to work really hard to pick people off, but I did it," Rypins …
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Do you need a last-minute present for Mom? Here are some suggestions; feel free to add your own in the comments, and don't miss our Readers' Choice winners for Napa's best florist and Mother's Day brunch.
No Mother's Day gift yet? No problem. There's still plenty of time to line up a special meal and a gift from one of our local Napa merchants. Whether or not she’s a gardener, The Playful Garden on First Street could be the only stop you need to make to pick out the perfect present, from jewelry to handbags, wall art, soaps and the whimsical garden goods that give the shop its name. Read more about The Playful Garden in Mike Treleven’s article, and don't miss owner Mimi Glavin's new home shop Playful Digs For vintage fashions, including jewelry and accessories, browse the Wildcat and Betty’s Girl boutiques. Is she a New Age girl? Sacred Mists Shoppe in north Napa offers "Scented candles, crystals, oils, books, jewelry, clothing, seeds for…
Thursday, May 10, 2012
A new Zagat blog post on the upcoming restaurant in Steve Hasty's Fagiani building links back to one of the first articles Napa Patch ever published, a two-part history of the Main Street landmark made notorious by a 1974 murder.
Where does Zagat blogger James Mulcahy go to find out more about Napa? Napa Patch, of course. The Napa Patch archives. Mulcahy's new post, "AvroKo and Brad Farmerie Headed to Napa for New Project," doesn't reveal anything we hadn't already reported in our article "Fagiani Building Tenant Hiring Chefs," back in March. But when referring to the building's "storied past," blogger Mulcahy delves even further into our reporting, linking the phrase "the 1974 murder of Anita Andrews" to the first installment in our series on the history of the Main Street landmark, "Inside the Fagiani Building," published when Napa Patch first launched in November, 2010. The Zagat post does have one thing we don't: a cool old photograph. But we've looked into …
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012
As long rumored and widely expected, the coffeehouse chain has submitted an application for the recently-vacated Eye Works shop at First and Main streets, according to the Napa Valley Register.
Napa city officials have confirmed that Starbucks Coffee has applied to make facade changes at the former location of The Eye Works at the corner of First and Main streets, according to a report in the Napa Valley Register. While officials could not confirm the coffee chain has a lease agreement for the space, the Register reports that the application includes sign review and outdoor seating. Members of the group Napa Local, which was formed in opposition to the rumored advent of a downtown Starbucks across the street from the Napa Valley Coffee Roasting Company, are pondering their next move, according to comments on the group's Facebook page Wednesday night. How does this news strike you? Please tell us in the comments. Do you subscribe …
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christina mitchell
2:12 pm on Thursday, May 17, 2012
Gonna be a great night of music, fun and food!!! Stop by the Cope Family Center booth and say HI!! more ›