Sonoma County, California

This Healdsburg bakery is celebrated for its legendary artisan breads and open air bakery cafe. The owners, management and staff are honored to be awarded one of the Best Places to Work in the North Bay. Since its first Sonoma County Harvest Fair Sweepstakes for sourdough bread in 1981, it has been a consistent award winner for specialty and artisan breads which are a mainstay of the café menu offerings. Costeaux is also well-known for legendary desserts and is a premier purveyor of wedding cakes.

Visit Sunflower Caffé for a great latté, breakfast, lunch or snack on the Sonoma Plaza. Established in 2007, set in California's Historic Landmark #501 "Salvador Vallejo's Home", the Sunflower Caffé is the perfect place to start the morning or enjoy lunch on the beautiful garden patio out back or at a table out front and watch the world go by.

The flashy new two-story coffee shop and roastery at the Barlow is a stylish neighborhood hot spot, for catching up with friends over a scone-of-the-day and exotic single-origin coffees like Organic Sidamo SRFCF from Ethiopia and Organic Aceh from Sumatra.

Classic Mexican floor tiles fit right in with modern walnut cabinetry and crisp white walls. Dueling espresso machines help keep hundreds of folks happily served each day. And there is abundant outside seating. The Branch Line is situated in Santa Rosa's historic Railroad Square District, just across the street from the Santa Rosa Visitors Center, a California Welcome Center.