The Cachagua General Store and Roadhouse (“The Store”) is one of those places that you think you might have heard about, but you’re not sure you can remember who told you about it or when.
The Store is run by Mike Jones, a local chef and caterer (A Moveable Feast Catering) who can be found catering weddings and other events when he is not in Cachagua. Mike has a passion for good food and uses all local ingredients. Everything on the menu has been locally sourced, locally grown, and locally farmed. You’ll have mulberries and peppers from Joanie and Lyle, finger potatoes from “that kid across the river”, and pistachio-fed beef (!!!) from Yolo County.
The Store serves dinner one day a week. It’s only open on Monday nights (well, there is a Sunday Brunch but we’re talking about dinner here), and that started out as a way for Mike to get folks together to watch Monday Night Football and have some decent chow to eat while watching the game. Now it’s a regular Monday night tradition. The food is fantastic, the prices are affordable, and the drive is an adventure all by itself.
So, are you in the mood for incredibly tasty gourmet-quality food? Would you like that food to be budget-friendly? Are you willing to take a drive on windy narrow roads with gnarly switchbacks that go perilously close to steep ravines; a road which can easily qualify for an “E ticket” at Disneyland? If your answer to the first two questions was “Yes!!” then just ignore the other questions and check out the The Store. You will thank me for the recommendation.
This is the stuff of legend and lore. It is not to be missed…it is to be reckoned with.
Hey, are you still here? Well, you might as well check out this short 5-minute documentary about The Store; it’s worth it!
And here are the pics we took while we were there; enjoy!
