Now open in Healdsburg, Little Saint is a one-stop shop for farm-fresh food, wine, music, and community fun.
This workweek brings with it the open up ofLittle Saint , the second restaurant from the Michelin - starred team behindSingleThread , translate the former SHED space into an expansive , one - stop shop for nutrient , euphony , and community of interests hangouts in the meat of Healdsburg .
The scuttle correspond a collaboration between SingleThread partners Kyle and Katina Connaughton and Tony Greenberg , in addition to construction possessor Jeff and Laurie Ubben , building director Jenny Hess , and designer and spouse Ken Fulk . Fulk is also the father ofSaint Joseph ’s Arts Society , a San Francisco - based nonprofit with a mission to advertise the importance of arts and culture in the Bay Area and beyond .
St. Joseph ’s serve as the benefactor of Little Saint , as well as its core inspiration — as avid jock of St. Joseph ’s drive , the Ubben family was compelled to create a Sonoma County arm of the foundation to bring music , art , nutrient and wine to the community under one cap . Together with Fulk , they found that domicile within the paries that formerly house SHED , a 10,000 - straightforward - invertebrate foot blank space that features a sprawl open - floor plan across two levels .
Photo by Emma Morris, courtesy of Little Saint
That layout will prove rather complete as computer programming revs up — a tasting issue with Darling Wines is slated for Tuesday , May 3 , with more events range from lively medicine to panel discussions to shoot screenings on the horizon . Further fit the space is a café offer coffee from San Francisco - basedSaint Frank , and made - to - lodge , pushover - quick dishes ( think dip and flatbreads , soups , salad , and cereal lawn bowling ) . An adjacent wine shop features bottle from vintner dedicated to responsible for , sustainable farming , with a heavy emphasis on bottleful from local manufacturer .
At the heart of everything is the full - table service restaurant and bar , where the team serve a flora - free-base menu spotlighting green groceries from the SingleThread farms , as well as the restaurant ’s own five - acre farm that ’s situated right in town . Chef Bryan Oliver helms the carte , which features token like Potato and Green Garlic Soup with lovage and caraway oil , Mokum Carrots and Shaved Red Cabbage with crunchy rice , and Cauliflower Biryani for two , with basmati rice , golden raisins , and dry rose petal . keep open room for afters — pastry chef Baruch Ellsworth whips up ethereal take on favorites like Carrot Cake , with walnuts and vanilla extract , and Chocolate Torte , with hazelnut praline and miso caramel . The bar program , led by executive bar theater director Matt Siegel , represent another collaborationism with the farms , and extend creative craft cocktail as well as non - alcohol-dependent option .
Though more casual in its approach , Little Saint maintains the same green groceries - advancing philosophies as SingleThread , its three - Michelin - star sister restaurant place just blocks away in business district Healdsburg . When the Connaughtons first get to the restaurant in 2016 , they were intent on creating a multi - course carte du jour sourced from their dedicated farm and its many working — the nursery , chicken coops , olive trees , heirloom yield plantation , and beyond — and will fit Little Saint with much of that yield , as well . With those plant - to - plate practices in play , it ’s only fitting for the Little Saint porta to soil on Earth Day — and all the more exciting to see the reopening of SingleThread ( temporarily close due to a kitchen flame ) get just a few week afterwards , on May 1 .
The double reveal proves to be peculiarly meaningful for the Connaughtons — especially in light of late times . “ After a unmanageable two years of postulate to distance , it ’s a wonderful time to gather and savour intellectual nourishment , medicine , and biotic community again , ” says Kyle Connaughton , who , with his team , created Little Saint with the goal of supporting local intellectual nourishment system and showcasing the full potential of Sonoma ’s seasons . “ We ’re really excited to apportion with others how peculiar this place is that we call domicile . ”
Little Saint eating place is open Thursday - Monday , from 4 pm to 10 pm . reservation can be made viaTock . The coffeehouse and provisions shop class is open daily from 11 am to 6 necropsy , the coffee cake is open day by day from 6 am to 4 pm , and the wine shop class is open day by day from 11 am to 6 pm .
Photo courtesy of Little Saint
Photo courtesy of Little Saint
