WEEKEND GETAWAYS | NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
WHERE TO STAY
The Boonville Hotel's 10 rooms, a mix of elegantly rustic bungalows and studios, all feature garden views. Choose one with either morning or afternoon sun, depending on your proclivity. The entrées, $15 to $26, change weekly at its restaurant, which overlooks the fruit and vegetable garden. Open Thursday through Monday, 6:15 p.m. to closing (the time varies according to the season and the demand).
Prices: $100 to $275
Address: 14050 Highway 128, Boonville
Phone: (707) 895-2210
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WHERE TO EAT
A 10-minute drive from Boonville, Libby's is a simple roadside restaurant serving top-notch Mexican food—try the carnitas ($11) or the daily special—and an extensive variety of Anderson Valley wines.
Hours: Open for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and dinner from 5-8:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Address: 8651 Highway 128, Philo
Phone: (707) 895-2646
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WHERE TO SHOP
Karen Bates, co-owner of the Philo Apple Farm, partnered with friend Sandy Mailliard to create the Bates & Mailliard Farmhouse Mercantile in a historic building, with its original shelving, on the Boonville main drag. Inventory ranges from the farm's products-chutneys, jams, syrups and juices-to candles, knives, pots and other housewares.
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