Doing the right thing rarely comes with a trophy, but in Sonoma County, it sometimes comes with a snail.
This week, 21 restaurants, farms and producers across the county were honored with the 2025 Snail of Approval from the Russian River and Sonoma County North chapters of Slow Food.
At the heart of these awards is a simple, almost old-fashioned ideal: food that is good, clean and fair for everyone. The Snail of Approval isn’t just about what’s on the plate, but about the daily, often unseen work of nourishing the land, the people who grow and serve the food, and the communities that gather around it…