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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Napa Weekend Planner June 17-19

Are you looking for something nearby to do this Father's Day weekend? Check out our picks, and find more in the Napa Patch Events Calendar.

Friday: Big Head Todd and the Monsters   The Sonoma County Blues Society presents longtime Colorado favorites, Big Head Todd and the Monsters. Earlier this year, in celebration of influential bluesman Robert Johnson (who would be celebrating his 100 birthday on May 8, 2011), Big Head Todd and The Monsters assembled the Big Head Blues Club. The ad-hoc collaboration featuring Big Head Todd and The Monsters and special guests B.B. King, Hubert Sumlin, Honeyboy Edwards, Charlie Musselwhite, Ruthie Foster, Cedric Burnside and Lightnin’ Malcolm toured earlier this year and recently released a studio recording of the project, titled 100 Years of Robert Johnson. If you go: Tickets are between $29 and $39 and can be bought here. The show is from 8 …

Monday, May 30, 2011

Hyperlocal Produce: Napa Farm Raises Food for Downtown Restaurants

A small farm has big plans to do more than just sell vegetables.

Tucked away behind a row of nondescript industrial buildings and a self-storage facility in the south part of Napa is a six-acre plot that just might be where the tomatoes on your Oenotri pizza will be coming from by mid-summer. This is where BOCA Farm is putting in tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins and lots more for five of Napa’s top restaurants: Oenotri, BarBersQ, Zuzu, Angele and Morimoto Napa. BOCA (Building Our Community through Agriculture) is the brainchild of former Blue Oak School teacher Lizzie Moore, now the BOCA Farm director, and Tim Rodgers, one of the owners of Walsh Vineyard Management.   Their mission: “to actively contribute to and strengthen our local food system by growing organic produce for Napa restaurants and markets, …

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5:11 pm on Monday, May 30, 2011

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