Dianne de Guzman is the regional editor for Eater’s Northern California/Pacific Northwest sites, writing about restaurant and bar trends, upcoming openings, and pop-ups for the San Francisco Bay Area, Portland, Seattle, and Denver.
Celebrated Oregon chef Jacob Harth is finally putting down restaurant roots in the North Bay. Just months after holding a pop-up series to introduce his upcoming sustainable seafood restaurant Winnie’s to the public, he and restaurant partner David Sisler have decided to surprise diners with another restaurant: Meet Bistro Lagniappe (pronounced: /lanˈyap/), a wood fire-driven California-French bistro taking over the infamous Molti Amici and Campo Fina space in Healdsburg that’s set to debut in late May.
It was always the plan to open multiple concepts under their hospitality company, Harth tells Eater. But while they hoped to open Winnie’s first, they couldn’t turn down the opportunity to take over the Molti Amici spot at 333 Healdsburg Avenue. So while Winnie’s continued its buildout, the duo turned their attention to this new project, a restaurant meant for the people of Healdsburg and the wider Sonoma County. Harth and Sisler recognized the need for a bistro that locals can walk into without a reservation, especially given that most of the restaurants in the area can skew either high-end or “very casual,” Harth says. Some restaurants tend to only cater to tourists, Harth says. “We’re trying to be aware of what it means to be a part of this community and be in Sonoma County,” Harth says. “This restaurant really starts with our local community, and we’re making it an experience that’s for the locals.”…