Chalkboard - Healdsburg

Good food with fresh ingredients. My salmon Benedict was great. The umami salad and compressed melon salad with was nothing to write home about. The burger was good, but the egg bake was not great.

Came in purely at random and wasn't even particularly hungry. But others in my party were and they picked a winner. Some standouts were the play on French onion dip with house made potato chips. We had a couple pasta dishes (one mushroom, one bolognese) and both were rock stars. The fried chicken is an absolute must. The chicken's fantastic but it's sitting on a bed of heaven: purple cabbage, yogurt and a hot vinegar sauce. All together, they're just music.

We were staying at the hotel on a rainy day and didn’t want to step out for dinner, so we decided the dine here. It was just ok. Service was wonderful, the waitress was attentive and helpful. The food was over priced and just not great. We had a greens salad that was just a bunch of inedible kale and tasteless dressing. A pasta dish that was very underdone, the pasta being almost hard and very chewy. Our mains were bland short ribs and fried chicken (the chicken was actually the best dish, while not wonderful it was tender and had flavor). All in all, after drinks the tab was over $300 for two people. At that price one would except pretty decent food. What we got ranged from terrible to ok.

Delicious starters, even better than the main courses. Attentive and friendly service. Comfortable and cozy atmosphere.

Nice restaurant, fresh farm to table food. Excellent service. A bit surprised they do not serve a red wine from their chalk hill winery. They only have white.