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Barndiva Mother's Day 2020

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At Barndiva we ‘normally’ celebrate Mother’s Day with great fanfare, starting with an expansive Sunday menu that is served in the gardens on what is usually one of the last utterly gorgeous days of Spring. Large floral displays snake their way up to the ceiling on the main bar and overflow the back windows as mothers of all ages are fêted. It is at heart an optimistic holiday, a time to celebrate (or repair) the defining relationship of our lives, a longing to make good on that particular defining notion of love that once upon a time set everything in motion.

Knowing we cannot be together this Sunday to do what we’ve done for the past 16 years gave us momentary pause, it’s true. So many won’t and can’t be with their mothers this year. All the more reason to celebrate the relationships that have long sustained us, finding in the shadow of our fragility right now a deeper appreciation of the connections we make to one another that are the most indelible. So as you cannot come to us, we’ve designed a way to bring the best of wine country, Barndiva style, to you.

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This is Chef Jordan’s first Mother’s Day with us and we couldn’t be more proud that he’s chosen to honor our traditions with a groaning board of locally grown or produced delicacies - from Freckle Farms, Front Porch Farm, Bernier Farm, Jackson Family Gardens, Journeyman Meat Co, Pennyroyal Farm, RedBird Bakery. We are curing salmon, making cultured honey butter and Sarah is baking up a storm. Chappy is including a bottle of chilled Rochioli Wine. We are especially delighted to send a Barndiva Farm bouquet down from Philo where it was grown and arranged by Daniel.

All pre-orders for Sunday will include delivery anywhere along the 101 corridor from Healdsburg to SF.

For the feast: shop.barndiva.com

This is a great time to add a few special bottles to your delivery. For that, contact our intrepid wine director Chappy at wine@barndiva.com.

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Though it will not make it to the main bar this Sunday….

Though it will not make it to the main bar this Sunday….

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Happy New Year!

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The yin and yang of throwing a great party is a balancing act of hard work and talent behind the scenes playing to a discerning but game audience out front. Happily, we had both NYE. I stopped shooting at 11:57  but a big shout out to my fellow dancers in the bar from 12-2am ~ you know who you are ~ you guys rocked it. As did DC West for the extraordinary floral arrangements, Isabel Hales for her late night playlist, K2 for our beautifully designed menus, and the Barndiva staff, both in the kitchen and on the floor, who took what is far too often an overrated night and made it stellar.

final preparations
Mix Garden arriving
food prep
kitchen staff preparing
kidding in kitchen
beautiful bar
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barndiva staff
Jil and geoff2
plating food
serving cauliflower veloute
short rib truffles mash
happy guest
good times
beautiful guest
good company
party girls
ray pouring for midnight
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All text Jil Hales. Photos © Jil Hales

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