Oenotri, a respected Napa Valley restaurant known for its southern Italian menu, has announced it will close after nearly 17 years in business.
“What began as a restaurant became a gathering place, a second home, a family and a part of so many people’s stories,” the restaurant said Saturday on social media. “To the guests who filled our tables, the team who poured their hearts into this place and everyone who made Oenotri what it was, thank you. You gave these walls life, and you gave us 17 years we’ll never forget.”
Oenotri, located on First Street in the heart of Napa, made the Chronicle’s Top 100 Restaurants list several years in a row under former critic Michael Bauer, who said the restaurant “not only does everything well, but it has something to please just about everyone.”…