Rub-a-dub and grab some grub during Benicia Main Street’s Downtown Benicia Restaurant Week. The event begins Saturday and encourages people to spend money downtown at local restaurants by offering discounts at participating restaurants. The week is celebrated in conjunction with California Restaurant Month as a means to encourage people to dine out during the […]
Restaurants to offer a taste of their menus next week
There is going to be smorgasbord of tasty delights as Benicia Main Street hosts its Taste of First Street event Tuesday. “Taste of First Street is our annual event dedicated to our restaurants,” Deborah Housman, event coordinator for Benicia Main Street, said. “So what happens on Tuesday is we have the restaurants participate in offering […]
Historic Preservation Review Commission approves design modifications for proposed Tannery restaurant
The Historic Preservation Review Commission voted to approve design modifications for a new Italian-American restaurant at the Tannery Building during its Thursday meeting. Soon, 127 First St. will be the home of Bella Siena, a restaurant and bar that will serve Italian and Californian cuisine with a menu of pastas, salads, seafood, steaks and more, […]
Taste of First Street to once again offer sample of downtown eating establishments
(This post has been updated from the print edition.) When it comes to great restaurants, many would say First Street has no shortage. Downtown Benicia has a wide variety of eating establishments of every cuisine, from American to Mexican to Italian to Indian to Thai to a whole lot more. However, trouble does arise […]
Aroma owners open new Mirchi Grill
Aroma Indian Cuisine has been serving customers on First Street in Benicia since 2008 and at its newer location in Napa since 2014, chef and owner Harjeet Bhangu told the Herald Monday. “There are limitations in the kitchen at the historic building on First Street,” he said, “but at Mirchi Grill (the new restaurant on […]