Where to Buy Picnic Supplies

AT A GLANCE: Well-loved and inexpensive local hangout for early morning breakfasts and lunches. It's billed as a bakery but it's really also a small deli cafe.

HIGHLIGHTS: Quick, fresh take-out or dine-in pastries, quiche, soups, salads or sandwiches. Pastries are good but bread is overrated.

BEST FOR: An early morning coffee and pastry at a curb-side table. Or grab a sandwich to eat in the plaza.

AT A GLANCE: Glen Ellen Village Market is a favorite full service market tucked away in sleepy and idyllic Glen Ellen. You can't help but feel like you are in the middle of wine country.

HIGHLIGHTS: If you are touring Kenwood or Glen Ellen this is the spot for all your grocery or picnic needs. Owned and operated by the family that runs Sonoma Market, Glen Ellen Village Market features the same gourmet quality.

BEST FOR: Anything you need from a gourmet market! Snack, picnic lunch, hot entree for dinner, or a full week's worth of groceries. Extensive selection of wines, beers and beverages.

AT A GLANCE: Locally owned and operated gourmet food market half a mile from town square.

HIGHLIGHTS: You will bump into more gourmet-minded locals here than probably anywhere else in town.  Fabulous selection of basic and gourmet groceries, fresh foods and wines.

BEST FOR: All your food needs!

AT A GLANCE: Quaint country deli, wine store and shop 1.5 miles east from Sonoma Plaza.

HIGHLIGHTS: Local Tom and Gayle have poured their heart and soul into this labor of love and can often be seen pouring wine and chatting with customers. Salads, paninis, cheeses, olive bar, and meats. Excellent selection of wine. Serves Blue Bottle coffee.

BEST FOR: Pick up a sandwich or picnic supplies on the way to or from Napa. Or make it a lunch stop on your self-guided bike tour. Nice patios that are quiet enough to hear the birds.

AT A GLANCE: You might think you were in Tuscany judging from the villa-like tasting room, cypress and olive trees, and large courtyard. But don't expect to see a functioning winery here as this is a tasting room only, along with a robust marketplace for all sorts of food, home decor and art.

HIGHLIGHTS: The views are spectacular, so grab a glass of wine and a plate of food and put your feet up for awhile.

BEST FOR: Stop for wine tasting and a picnic lunch on the way into town.

AT A GLANCE: Well funded, family-run, winery tasting room and deli with a distinct Italian flair.

HIGHLIGHTS: In one stop you get it all: Italian wine, food and entertainment. Belly up to the tasting bar for Prosecco or Barbera then settle down for classic Italian deli offerings or pizza.

BEST FOR: Grab a glass of Barbera and a table in the piazza-like patio and order up a prosciutto panini or a pizza fresh from the wood-fired oven. If you are lucky, you might catch live accordion music. Benissimo!

AT A GLANCE: Whole Foods at its finest, just two blocks off the town square.

HIGHLIGHTS: Expect the same fresh, organic and locally-sourced foods that Whole Foods is known for. Unusual and sometimes quirky selection of local products.

BEST FOR: Grabbing everything you need for a fantastic picnic lunch! Best spot in town for chai.