Healdsburg Bar & Grill

A casual dinner place built by a local family, with a kids' menu nine items long.

A gazebo square with no play structure, just a leafy lawn for cartwheels, benches for a bakery picnic, and shops and ice cream on all four sides.

Healdsburg's eco-modern hotel a block off the Plaza: a pool, loaner bikes, and roomy studios, stylish and walkable.

A dinner spot on the plaza whose kids' menu has a little ham and cheese croque, thin-crust cheese pizza, hummus with pita and a small burger.

Barbecue with its own kids' menu, plus ice cream, milkshakes and juices on the drinks list.

Healdsburg's brunch cafe on Matheson Street: a kids menu with actual imagination (tiramisu French toast) in a bright, casual room near the Plaza.