Celebrity chef Charlie Palmer’s highly anticipated, culinary-centric hotel in Wine Country has opened reservations for its September debut, featuring a rooftop bar and a restaurant with custom bread carts carrying goods from an acclaimed local bakery.
A longtime Healdsburg resident, Palmer has played a pivotal role in that city’s dramatic evolution from a sleepy agricultural region to a buzzy destination that rivals Napa Valley. He opened Dry Creek Kitchen in downtown Healdsburg nearly 25 years ago. Now he’s set to unveil a much more ambitious project: Appellation Healdsburg, with a 204-seat restaurant serving large-format grilled meats and house-milled pastas, a rooftop cocktail lounge, two pools, culinary gardens and a spa.
“Healdsburg is becoming the culinary capital of Wine Country,” Palmer said. “There’s not much we don’t have, but this is going to add to it.”…