A new Napa restaurant is on the way from SPQR’s Matt Accarrino, Casa Sofia Kitchen & Bar just debuted near the ballpark, and Che Fico’s cocktail bar Golden Rule opens this weekend next to the Chase Center, all in This Week In Food.
Coming later this year in Napa will be a new restaurant from SPQR and Mattina chef Matt Accarrino, called Vetra, at the new boutique resort The Elene — on the Solano Avenue property in Napa that was formerly the Oak Knoll Hotel. The Elene was supposed to open this summer but appears delayed until fall or winter, and with it will come Vetra, an all-day restaurant with what sounds like a casual but upscale dinner menu that leans into Accarrino’s Cal-Italian talents, per Eater. Dishes he mentions include a large-format lasagna, other fresh pastas, bone-in Wagyu porterhouse steaks, roast duck and lamb, and fresh breads including piadina, the northern Italian flatbread he makes at Mattina. Accarrino will also be overseeing the menu at a café on the property that does not yet have a name.
Casa Sofia Kitchen & Bar, the new spot in the former Brixton space in SoMa from chef Carlos Altamirano and his wife Shu Altamirano, opened last night, May 21. As Tablehopper reports, the menu melds influences from Peru, Mexico, and Argentina, and includes good pre- and post-ballpark food like housemade empanadas, baby BBQ pork ribs, and fried chicken. The space also boasts two private dining spaces, and you can see menus and find reservations here…