Fremont Diner: Slow down for slow food...

If you're ever on a road trip through the Napa/Sonoma area, and have a hankering for some American classics with locally-grown flair, The Fremont Diner might very well be your place. 

Located off the Carneros Highway, the revamped diner looks and feels incredibly down-home and local. You can take a seat up front on a bar stool, sit on tables alongside in their lawn area, or dine indoors surrounded by an air of nostalgia. This place does have an edge as it attracts a broad demographic, from foodies to people who've just happened to stumble across a curiously bustling place. There are no frills here, just honest good food.

Upon being seated, we're served glasses of water in mason jars with handles -- pretty cute. The menu is aesthetically pleasing too.

Grapefruit Avocado Salad, $8.25

The Grapefruit Avocado Salad is incredibly refreshing -- grapefruit, avocados, smoked bacon, and Point Reyes bleu cheese dressing on top of a wealthy bed of county line greens. I'm not normally a big fan of bleu cheese, but as part of this combination, it has won me over. Perhaps it could have been the fact that we were sitting in a sunny part of the diner, which made this salad so quenchable. 

Fremont Burger, $9.50

I had such a craving for a burger and french fries at the time (well, that's pretty much all the time anyway), so I went ahead and ordered the Fremont Burger. A Five Dot Ranch beef patty dripping in fantastic grease simply garnished with lettuce, cheddar cheese, and pickle on a potato bun along with hand-cut fries...what more can you ask for? The burger tastes quite freshly ground, giving it a unique taste. 

Oyster Po' Boy, $11.99

Po' Boy anything and I'm there. Here,  their Oyster Po' Boy is a must: Drake's Bay oysters, remoulade, lettuce, and Fremont bacon on an artisan roll. It's served with a side salad and pickled onions. The oysters are fried to perfection and it makes you want to savor every bite. It's a good idea that they serve a side salad as opposed to fries, as I think having both would just be overboard -- there needs to be something to cut the bad stuff, if you can handle it. 








Location: 

2660 Fremont Drive, Sonoma 

Open Monday to Friday, 8am-3-pm
Saturday and Sunday: 8am-4pm


In other words, open for Breakfast/Early lunch/Late Lunch/Really Early Dinner.