Reviews
Since its opening in January of 2005, Kitchen at 868 Grant has been praised by food critics from around the Bay Area.
Most find the place gives Novato's restaurant scene new energy and offers up "big city" cuisine in the comfortable Old Town surroundings.
Here is a sampling of what's being said:
"Kitchen at 868 Grant has raised the bar on the town's culinary offerings with its nightly changing menu of fresh, local ingredients."
— Michelin Guide
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"Fine dining finally comes to Downtown Novato" at this "happening, little" storefront that delivers the missing link to the"foodie-laden Bay Area"; "don't get hooked on anything" because the "fresh, organic and novel" Cal eats "presented by an enthusiastic staff" change on a daily basis"
— Zagats Food Guide
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"best wine list 2006"
— North Bay Bohemian
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"It's little wonder Kitchen has become so popular, because even though Novato may have some adequate restaurants, it's largely missing the personal chef-owned establishments that distinguish San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley."
— Michael Bauer, The San Francisco Chronicle (full review)
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"This well-heeled burb has always proudly retained a cowpoke edge, and until recently, it's been short on places to get a citified meal. In the middle of its Old Town is 'an American bistro' that aims to help turn that situation around."
— San Francisco Magazine (full review)
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"... downright sexy."
— Marin Independent Journal (IJ)
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"Marin's new hot spot!"
— Mill Valley Herald
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" If the menu is American, it is a San Franciscan's version of America, where an everyday meal is founded on organic local ingredients, internationally influenced, with familiar foodie bells and whistles."
— Marin Magazine - ...Read More
... more to come
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