What's New to Eat in Sebastopol This Fall?

The fish and chips counter that soft-opened at The Barlow in mid-June is in the space where Acre Pasta used to be, at 6751 McKinley St., Suite 130. It comes from Steve DeCosse, who already owns Acre Pizza.

That swap is a good way to read Sebastopol's food news this year. Most of the menus worth knowing about in fall 2026 came from people already cooking in West County or nearby, and most of them moved into a room someone else had used before. A former brewery is in line to become a café with its own tofu operation. A catering kitchen now serves dinner. A burger spot in the old Cock Robin space now also scoops ice cream from a family business that started in Petaluma. Even the places still listed as "coming soon" fit the pattern.

The Barlow is shuffling its own rooms

Here is how the main changes line up with the spaces they took over, as of early October 2026:

Chippy has a short menu built around the obvious order: fish and chips, New England clam chowder, fish sandwiches and shrimp po'boys. It also has a few things you might not expect at a chippy, including chicken katsu, a burger and a mushroom sandwich for anyone in your group who skips seafood. Sonoma Magazine's opening coverage has the full lineup.

A few doors away in the old Cock Robin space, Iggy's Organic Burger at 6700 Sebastopol Ave. now lists Angela's Organic Ice Cream as part of what it serves, alongside burgers, thick-cut fries and fried chicken. According to The Barlow's listing, Iggy's is open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and until 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. The Petaluma connection explains the pairing. Angela Pryor and her son, Ignacio "Iggy" Garat, took over Lala's Creamery in Petaluma in 2017. The ice cream side has since grown to Forestville, Healdsburg, Mill Valley, two Petaluma parlors and a few San Francisco shops, and now it shares a counter with the son's burgers.

The biggest Barlow change hasn't arrived yet. More on that below.

A catering kitchen that grew into a dinner spot

The Porch Kitchen is at 6811 Laguna Park Way, tucked behind the Rialto at the edge of The Barlow. It's the clearest example this year of a local operator stretching an existing space. Chef Lisa Boisset and her husband, Kevin, already ran a catering business. They opened The Porch late last year as a daytime grab-and-go counter in a former catering kitchen. This summer they added full dinner service, which Hoodline described as turning a grab-and-go counter into a full French dinner house.

The dinner menu is classic French bistro food: salade lyonnaise, ratatouille, roasted chicken, pan-seared salmon and crème brûlée. Lunch sticks with salads, sandwiches and grain bowls. The Press Democrat's August profile listed lunch Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and dinner Wednesday through Saturday from 5:30 to 8 p.m. The Porch's own site currently lists Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., closed Sunday and Monday. Dinner closes early, so plan around the 8 p.m. close rather than a late reservation.

Healdsburg Avenue turns over too

The same thing happened on the north side of town. Alesta Modern Mediterranean opened in mid-April at 7233 Healdsburg Ave., in the space that used to be Piala, a Georgian restaurant and wine bar. Co-owner Ugur Akkaya and chef Kadir Senel draw on Turkish, Greek, Lebanese and Eastern European cooking, according to Sonoma Magazine. The menu leans on meze, with grilled meats and seafood. Dinner starts at 5 p.m., Tuesday through Sunday, and complimentary Turkish black tea comes with the meal.

Turnover means some places closed, too. Campanella, the Italian-American restaurant on Healdsburg Avenue, closed this spring. Coffee & Moore, the coffee house at Gravenstein Station on Sebastopol Avenue, has also closed.

Two newcomers that start from scratch

Two of this year's openings don't come out of an earlier Sebastopol business, at least not in the coverage so far. They fill gaps instead.

Bonnie Bagels & Co. opened in mid-August at 280 S. Main St., across from HopMonk. Owner Michael Sousa and executive chef and head baker Greg Kalergis kettle-cook their bagels, with East Coast classics next to California flavors, plus schmears, sandwiches, coffee and espresso. Sonoma Magazine's piece covers the baking approach.

Wylde Provisions Co. at 500 Robinson Road is built around a playground. Founders Urban Anderson and Andrew Truong and head chef Nick Cobarruvias serve protein-forward bowls and sandwiches, along with espresso, beer and snacks, so the adults can eat while kids play within sight. Sonoma Magazine featured it in late August.

Still on the way, as of early October

The two most anticipated places in town are both reuse projects, and neither has a confirmed opening date yet.

1. The Wild Poppy at The Barlow. Chef-owners Danielle and Martin Maigaard already run The Wild Poppy café on the Bodega Highway west of town. Their second location is going into the former Woodfour Brewing space. The menu is plant-forward with a seafood emphasis, and the plan includes making tofu on site in the old brewing room. Sonoma Magazine's fall dining roundup from September 22 pointed to late September. As of October 4, the café's own website still says "Coming July 2026," and we found no confirmed first day of service. Published addresses also differ, with some listing McKinley Street and others Depot Street, both at 6780. Check the café's channels before you go.
2. Mansoor at 8050 Bodega Ave. This is the former French Garden site, which later housed Gravenstein Grill. Mansoor is planned as a French-American flambé dinner house with tableside dishes like bananas Foster, crêpes Suzette and saganaki. Sonoma Magazine reported in March that it was set to open later that spring. The city's use-permit staff report lists proposed opening hours of 2 to 10 p.m. daily, expanding later to 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Those are hours from the application, not hours anyone has confirmed. We couldn't confirm it is serving yet.

Take the fall list together and almost every entry already had a connection to Sebastopol: a local pizza owner's new counter in the old Acre Pasta room, a caterer's kitchen, a Petaluma ice cream family's new counter, a coast-road café's second location, and a dinner house in a building with two earlier restaurants. Bonnie Bagels and Wylde Provisions are the two openings that started from scratch.

I grew up in Petaluma, so Angela's ice cream showing up inside a Sebastopol burger counter feels like news about a neighbor. If you're watching a space in town and wondering what's going in, or you just want to compare notes on where to eat in West County, I'm happy to talk. You can reach me through Kristen Parrish Tamayo. Let's Connect.