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Is Valette Still Open? Best Thing I Ever Ate Update (Healdsburg, CA)

Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 8 Healdsburg, California

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Valette is listed open on valettehealdsburg.com, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: The restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, returned HTTP 200 with 2025-dated content, a live reservations/gift-card ordering widget, and an active dinner menu page. How we decide a status →

What happened after Best Thing I Ever Ate?

"Small Plates, Big Taste" featured Valette, a Wine Country restaurant in downtown Healdsburg, California built around a seasonal dinner menu, an in-house wine program, and family-run service. The restaurant is operated by chef-owners with ties to the Healdsburg dining scene and surrounding Sonoma County vineyards. According to the restaurant's own website, checked 2026-09-08, Valette shows 2025-dated content alongside a live reservations and gift-card ordering widget and a current dinner menu listing dishes available in the dining room and on an outdoor patio. The site also promotes its own Valette Wines label and a careers page, according to valettehealdsburg.com, indicating continued day-to-day operations at the Center Street address.

The episode Best Thing I Ever Ate, Season 8

Air date not confirmed
Title: Small Plates, Big Taste · What was featured: Seasonal Wine Country dinner menu at a family-run Healdsburg restaurant

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  1. valettehealdsburg.com https://www.valettehealdsburg.com
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Record btiea-0638 · checked by Cal Marchetti.