{"id":556,"date":"2015-06-30T00:09:50","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T07:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deplifestylemagazine.com\/?p=556"},"modified":"2015-06-30T03:37:23","modified_gmt":"2015-06-30T10:37:23","slug":"spoonbar-bravotv-top-chef-louis-maldonado-healdsburg-sonoma-county-wine-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deplifestylemagazine.com\/?p=556","title":{"rendered":"SpoonBar, BravoTV Top Chef Louis Maldonado, Healdsburg, Sonoma County Wine Country"},"content":{"rendered":"


\n<\/a>\"Sonoma<\/a>BravoTV Top Chef Season 11, Chef Louis Maldonado launched his culinary career in San Francisco as co-executive chef at Cortez, where under his direction Cortez was awarded one Michelin star in 2006. Chef Maldonado has worked at top \"Sonoma<\/a>restaurants including The French Laundry in Napa Valley and Aziza in San Francisco. Now the executive chef of Spoonbar at h2hotel in downtown Healdsburg, where he was able to create a menu of contemporary, clean, and creative yet approachable American fare. The menu was impressive with many options for \"Sonoma<\/a>vegetarian and vegan.<\/p>\n

The chicken cracklings, duck liver mousse, celery, elderflower was crispy, tasty and delicious. The lamb loin grilled over charcoal, braised morels, spring onion, charred white bean with \"Sonoma<\/a>crystallized lettuce was beautifully presented, perfectly cooked, and it just melt in your mouth. The Thai inspired beet boudin wrapped in a crispy pastry, lime, cilantro, coconut, peanuts, shallots, was so much flavor at one bite, amazing. The tuna sashimi,
\nfermented chili, shiso, serrano chili, and wild onion salsa was delightful.<\/p>\n

\"Sonoma<\/a>However, the roasted zucchini, pickled squash blossoms, beef bouillon, crispy buckwheat noodles was the winner of it all. It was refreshing with unexpected flavor, a perfect dish for a warm evening the wine country.<\/p>\n

\"Sonoma<\/a>It was refreshing with unexpected flavor, a perfect dish for a warm evening in the wine country.<\/p>\n

Sit at the big long Acacia Tree communal center table where you can \"Sonoma<\/a>mingle with others. If you are all “wined out” from the wine tasting all day, Spoonbar is also a perfect place for a crafted cocktail, their menu is so scientifically delicious.\u00a0And with a critically acclaimed cocktail program led by rising star bar manager Alec Vlastnik, the atmosphere is lively and vibrant. From plate to place, everything about Spoonbar is a rich alchemy of art and craft.<\/p>\n

\"Sonoma<\/a>Spoonbar at h2Hotel<\/strong>
\n219 Healdsburg Avenue
\nHealdsburg, CA 95448<\/p>\n

HOURS<\/strong>: Dinner, Friday \u2013 Saturday, 5-9:30 p.m.
\nMonday \u2013 Sunday, 5:00 p.m. \u2013 10:30 p.m.<\/p>\n

\"Sonoma<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

RESERVATIONS<\/strong>: 1.707.433.7222<\/p>\n

Website<\/a> \/\/ Twitter<\/a> \/\/ Instagram<\/a> \/\/ Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n

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by Manda Bear \u2013\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Instagram<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Sonoma<\/a>About the Author<\/strong>
\nManda Bear<\/strong><\/p>\n

Manda Bear, a former restaurant owner, has had a strong passion for food and wine from a very young age and has traveled the world dining at over one hundred Michelin Star\/James Beard award winning restaurants. Currently with\u00a0Dep Lifestyle Magazine<\/a>\u00a0San Francisco Bay Area, Manda Bear works as\u00a0publisher and contributor\u00a0Drink Me Magazine<\/a>, @DepLifestyleMag<\/a>,\u00a0@DiningOutVegas<\/a>. Previously, she was a contributor for Viet Press USA, Studio 14 Magazine, and\u00a0DiningOut Magazine<\/a>. Additionally, Manda Bear is a certified level II Sommelier at\u00a0www.VintageWineMerchants.com<\/a>\u00a0on Santana Row in Silicon Valley, a PR\/brand ambassador for hospitality, food, and the wine industry, as well as a Social Media consultant for high-tech companies in Silicon Valley. To follow her food and wine adventures, you can follow her on\u00a0Instagram<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BravoTV Top Chef Season 11, Chef Louis Maldonado launched his culinary career in San Francisco as co-executive chef at Cortez, where under his direction Cortez was awarded one Michelin star in 2006. Chef Maldonado has worked at top restaurants including The French Laundry in Napa Valley and Aziza in San Francisco. Now the executive chef … Continue reading SpoonBar, BravoTV Top Chef Louis Maldonado, Healdsburg, Sonoma County Wine Country<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,36,3,2,37,38,85],"tags":[372,93,64,370,15,81,16,10,117,76,374,363,62,369,13,74,22,23,14,18,143,373,371,90],"class_list":["post-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chef","category-chefs","category-lifestyle","category-magazine","category-restaurant-review","category-san-francisco-bay-area","category-wine-country-bay-area","tag-alec-vlastnik","tag-bay-area","tag-beautiful","tag-bravotv","tag-chef","tag-cocktails","tag-culinary","tag-food","tag-foodie","tag-foodporn","tag-h2hotel","tag-healdsburg","tag-lifestyle","tag-louis-maldonado","tag-magazine","tag-michelin-star","tag-ngon","tag-ngon-qua","tag-restaurant","tag-sonoma","tag-sonoma-county","tag-spoonbar","tag-top-chef","tag-wine-country"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deplifestylemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deplifestylemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deplifestylemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deplifestylemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deplifestylemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=556"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/deplifestylemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":570,"href":"https:\/\/deplifestylemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556\/revisions\/570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deplifestylemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deplifestylemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deplifestylemagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}