OG celebrity chef Charlie Palmer, who opened Dry Creek Kitchen in Healdsburg in 2003 and has had a big hand in putting the tony wine country town on the proverbial map, is still making moves in his hometown.
After making a name for himself in the 1980s and 90s in New York City with restaurants like Aureole, Charlie Palmer settled down in Healdsburg, California a few decades ago. Like many celebrity chefs after him, he built an empire and opened restaurants in Las Vegas, including a second location of Aureole and Charlie Palmer Steak. And in the last decade, he also worked on a hotel and restaurant in San Francisco, the Mystic Hotel and its Burritt Room + Tavern — which he sold to Palihotel in 2018.
And recently we learned that his restaurant group is taking over and revamping several properties in Paso Robles, including the Paso Robles Inn and The Piccolo…