Opened on Earth Day, the much-anticipated restaurant from Kyle and Katina Connaughton is serving flavorful vegan fare.
While the chefs are not vegan themselves, they make vegan dishes often—10 percent of diners at SingleThread request meat- or dairy-free meals. And Little Saint, they say, is another way to show off the produce they grow on their 24-acre SingleThread Farm and their new, nearby five-acre Little Saint Farm, plus what is produced in the larger agricultural community of Northern California.
“You can cook a steak or steam a lobster and rely on them to stand on their own, if you have quality ingredients and good technique,” Kyle said. “But with vegetables, we have to do a little bit more work for them to be valued in the same way. We can enjoy the produce on its own, just like you can enjoy a steak with salt and pepper on it and nothing else, but you have to go a little bit further with the vegetables to really develop flavors.
“The food is so gorgeous and colorful and full of textures,” Katina said. “It really is just a stunning show of what is coming from the field. It’s nutrient-dense and invigorating.” The community aspect is important for the Connaughtons. They want Little Saint to be just as valuable to locals as visitors toWine Country, much like the building’s previous occupant, Shed, a James Beard Award-winning restaurant and gathering space that closed in 2018.
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