Chalkboard - Healdsburg

Casual fine dining. Innovative food but not pretentious. Cocktail, wine, and Armagnac all excellent and well presented. Service was professional and friendly. Dined alone and did not feel singled out. A very nice meal.

Good food with fresh ingredients. My salmon Benedict was great. The umami salad and compressed melon salad with was nothing to write home about. The burger was good, but the egg bake was not great.

Offensive service. 45 minutes to get water and drinks. Meals served 15 minutes apart.

Our party of 4 shared starters of seasonal Radishes with Creme Fraiche Trout Roe; along with the fresh Onion Dip and homemade potato chips, which one of our party remarked was so good she wants to be buried with it! From there we moved on to the Savory Cheese Cake (which was one of several excellent recommendations that our server, McKenna, advised paired excellently with theirbdelicious fresh baked breads). Parmasean salad was bright and refreshing. Our pasta course included the flavorful Porcini Gigli and Rigatoni. We finished with mothwatering, perfectly prepared short ribs, and halibut; and ended with a delightful Rogue River Blue Cheese and Sauturnes recommended by Chef Anthony Lopiccolo, whose skill at combining the freshest ingredients from the nearby Chalk Hill garden with locally sourced cheeses, meats, fish and produce is a welcome and praiseworthy addition to the noteworthy Healdsburg restaurant scene.

The food here was hit-or-miss. Some of us loved our food and some of us didn't. The burger, fries, soup, and French toast were delicious. The bagel, duck Benedict, and the steak sandwich were simply okay. We all agreed that the cocktails were excellent!