The Lodge at Sonoma

A quarter-scale steam train that takes twenty minutes to loop through tunnels and over bridges, plus a small petting zoo and a few fairground rides. Built for under-eights.

A market deli going since 1947, with sandwiches built to order from a long list of meats. Grab lunch for a picnic or the car.

A year-round beer garden and listening room with live music.

Thin-crust New Haven-style pizza half a block off the Plaza, with patio seating.

The playground inside the historic plaza: two age-split structures, a sand pit, a duck pond and huge shade trees, with cheese shops, bakeries and ice cream all around.

Sonoma Plaza's garden cafe: breakfast and lunch on a leafy back patio with the duck pond playground across the square.