Spent a rough day Thursday with my friends/clients the Nord family (of Nord Vineyards) hiking around the town of Napa in search of a possible retail outlet for the Nord's wines. After our grueling afternoon of wine tasting and hob-nobbing with wine lounge managers, we ended up at the recently-opened, too-cool-for-school, will-help-put-the-TOWN-of-Napa-on-the-map Oxbow Public Market. While the Market still looks just-built (not all the shops are open, for example, and the day we were there, there was a team of construction folks drilling and grinding, etc.), it's readily apparent that this will become a must-stop during any Napa visit. Just down the street from Copia, Oxbow Public Market features a collection of wine- and food-related shops that will make any foodie drool, such as: Taylor's Automatic Refresher, The Fatted Calf charcuterie and butcher shop, and The Olive Press, to name a few.
To recover from our afternoon hike/wine tasting, we munched on olives, several cheeses and some fresh-baked bread, and, of course (Don is from Texas) paper-thin slices of prosc
iutto. We all agreed: Oxbow Public Market now makes a stop in the town of Napa almost a must....
To recover from our afternoon hike/wine tasting, we munched on olives, several cheeses and some fresh-baked bread, and, of course (Don is from Texas) paper-thin slices of prosc
iutto. We all agreed: Oxbow Public Market now makes a stop in the town of Napa almost a must....Oxbow Public Market
610 First Street, Napa 94559
Even antiques...
2 comments:
This place sounds awesome.
Finally, a reason to go to downtown Napa!
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