Rocker's Roadhouse
The burger carries Sonoma Mountain grass-fed beef and Estero Gold from the creamery across the street. Highway 1 at Valley Ford, with the hotel upstairs.1
Why go
Valley Ford is a bend in the road with a cheese plant on it, and the Roadhouse buys from it.1 The kitchen names the rest of its suppliers on the menu page: Tomales Bay Oyster Company, Sonoma Mountain Beef, Valley Ford Cheese Company, Starbird Mariculture, Caggiano Sausage Co., Tsar Nicoulai and County Line Farm.1 That short a supply chain is the argument for eating here rather than in town. The same operator runs Rocker Oysterfeller's at the Wharf down in Bodega Bay, and the Valley Ford Hotel sits directly above this room.2
Order this / avoid
- Order: the burger. Grass-fed beef, Estero Gold, and you can see where the cheese came from.1
- Order: the rock cod tacos, or the Tomales Bay oysters if you want the coast on the plate.1
- Avoid: driving to Bodega Bay for this. That is the other door.
Good to know
- The patio takes dogs when the weather holds.1
- There is Sunday brunch, and a happy hour menu of its own.1
- No critic has reviewed this room, so you are trusting the supplier list and the kitchen's own word on the cooking.
Verdict
could-visit — The burger tells you what the kitchen is doing. Grass-fed beef from Sonoma Mountain, Estero Gold from Valley Ford Cheese and Creamery across the road, vegetables from farms nearby. Beside it are Tomales Bay oysters and tacos on local rock cod, and the named supplier list runs to seven producers including Starbird Mariculture and Caggiano Sausage. That is a specific and short supply chain for a roadhouse on Highway 1. The rung stops at could-visit because the restaurant's own menu page is the only witness: no critic has written about the cooking here and no prices are published.