The Calistoga Inn boasts a 250-seat outdoor dining patio stretching along the right bank of the Napa River, a 110-seat indoor dining facility, a rustic pub with full bar reminiscent of the early days of Calistoga and a modern micro-brewery nestled in the original water tower of the property. The chefs of the Calistoga Inn cook over a wood-fired grill . . .

Our critically acclaimed Napa valley restaurant located in Calistoga California adjacent to the famed Calistoga spa, offers an award winning wine list featuring rare selections from Napa Valley Wineries including Diamond Creek, Araujo Estate, and Harlan Estate as well as Sonoma county appellations.

Bring a jacket and an appetite. The tri-tip sirloin steak sandwich is what you've come for--hick slabs of beef piled on garlic toast. A ladle of sauce goes over the top, hot or mild. But be warned that hot is exactly that. Hot. Don't try to be a hero unless you really like the fire. pressdemocrat.com

If Gold Rush millionaire Sam Brannan had been able to consult a feng shui book in 1860 before he laid out his dream of a Saratoga Springs of the West, the little town of Calistoga might never have slipped into relative obscurity and its visionary founder might not have ended up broke and broken. SFGate.com