Is Solbar Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Calistoga, CA)
Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 5 Calistoga, California
Current status
As of October 2026, Solbar is listed open on auberge.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.
What the source shows: Google Places lists Solbar as operational, and the resort's own website, checked 2026-09-08, shows a live booking widget, a reservation phone number, and current dinner hours. How we decide a status →
- Episode Season 5, Episode 9
- Address 755 Silverado Trail N (at Solage, Auberge Resorts Collection), Calistoga, CA 94515
- Website auberge.com
- Show map
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What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?
On Food Network's Best Thing I Ever Ate, in the 2011 episode "French Favorites," chef John Besh chose Solbar's steak frites as his favorite dish. Solbar is the restaurant at Solage, an Auberge Resorts Collection property in Calistoga, in the heart of Napa Valley wine country, serving a wine-country take on French-inflected California cuisine alongside the resort's spa and lodging offerings. According to Solbar's website, part of the Auberge Resorts site and checked on 2026-09-08, the restaurant lists a reservation phone number, an online booking widget, and separate weekday and weekend dinner hours — Sunday through Thursday 5:30pm to 9:00pm, with special weekend hours posted separately — for the same on-site restaurant role Solbar held at Solage when the episode aired. The site also promotes Solbar's brunch and lounge service alongside the main dinner menu.
The episode
Also in Season 5
Season 5: 61 of 104 still open · 7 renamed, moved or under new owners
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Ep 8Bulgarini Gelato
Closed -
Ep 9Everest
Closed -
Ep 9Japonaise
Open - Open
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Ep 9Le Pichet
Open -
Ep 9Lucques
Closed - Closed
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Ep 9Vin Rouge
Open
Nearest restaurants
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Best Thing I Ever Ate
Open -
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Open -
Food Paradise
Closed -
Best Thing I Ever Ate
Open -
Taylor's Automatic Refresher (Gott's Roadside)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Renamed -
Willie Bird's Restaurant (The Bird)
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Relocated
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Sources we checked
- auberge.com https://auberge.com/solage/dine/solbar/
- foodiepie.com https://www.foodiepie.com/list.php?e=Best-Thing-I-Ever-Ate-French-Favorites
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Record btiea-0465 · checked by Cal Marchetti.