American Canyon is Napa County's newest and second-largest city, incorporated in 1992. For those who drive north up Highway 80, it's the "gateway" to the Napa Valley.
Community Information
City of American Canyon
2185 Elliott Drive
American Canyon CA
707.647.4360
American Canyon Chamber of Commerce
3419 Broadway, Suite H3b
American Canyon CA 94503
707.552.3650
American Canyon Eagle
3429 Broadway, Suite C-1
American Canyon CA 94503
707.256.2210
American Canyon Library
3421 Broadway
American Canyon, CA 94503
707.644.1136
American Canyon Online
Online site for the American Canyon community.
Traffic Conditions
North Bay
www.sfgate.com/traffic/index.shtml#NORTH_BAY
Highway 29
www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/sr29
Highway 80
www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/i80
Weather
Current Conditions in American Canyon
Restaurants, Food & Drink
Café Rosario's Pizza & Deli
3425 Broadway Street
American Canyon CA 94503
707.643.5464
Pizza/Pasta - Entrees $7.95-$10.95
Home style Italian food from the former owners of Belle Arti in Napa.
Marshall's Farm Honey
159 Lombard Road
American Canyon CA 94503
707.556.8088, 800.624.4637
Directions: From Napa go south on Highway 29 toward Vallejo. The next road after Green Island Road is Napa Junction. Turn right on Napa Junction, then take the first right onto Lombard Road. You'll see the honey-colored buildings and the little red barn.
Natural and organic gourmet honey from over 650 beehives at 100 locations throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. From wildflower to eucalyptus to lavender to berry to orange blossom. Over 50 delicious varieties, depending on the season.
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Ristorante La Strada
6240 Napa-Vallejo Highway
American Canyon CA 94503
707.226.3027
Northern Italian - Entrees $12.95-$19.95
A new restaurant on the site of the former Tonelli's Steak House, on the east side of Highway 29 between American Canyon and Napa. It's owned by the same people who have La Strada in San Pablo, off Highway 80 towards Oakland.
Specialties include veal scaloppini, la strada (veal with eggplant and mozzarella in a light tomato sauce), carciofi (with artichokes, mushrooms and bell peppers), picatta, polo marsala, petrale alla Fiorentina, and gamberi bordolese (sautéed with garlic, rosemary and white wine.)
Sonic
Napa Junction
American Canyon CA 94503
Drive-in. Burgers, Shakes,
Scheduled to open summer 2008. An actual drive-in, with carhops, part of a national chain. Burgers, sandwiches, wraps, shakes and the rest.
Lodging
Fairfield Inn & Suites
3800 Broadway
American Canyon CA 94503
707.643.3800
http://marriott.com/property/propertypage/SFOAC
80 rooms - $130 and up
Operated by Marriott hotels. Complimentary continental breakfast, outdoor swimming pool, exercise room, free Internet access. 600 square foot meeting room accommodating 50 people.
Gaia Napa Valley Hotel
3600 Broadway (Highway 29)
American Canyon CA 94503
707.674.2100
132 rooms - $130 and up
Napa Valley’s first environmentally sustainable hotel, the first (and so far only) hotel in the world to be awarded the Gold LEEDS certification award for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. Fitness center, four meeting rooms, free wireless Internet, pool, spa, business center.
Activities
Spa Gaia
3600 Broadway Street
American Canyon CA 94503
707.674.0168
Next to the Gaia Hotel. A variety of massage and spa therapies, skin care and other treatments.
Paintball Jungle
Eucalyptus Drive
American Canyon CA 94503
707.552.2426
Admission $20
Open every Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 am to 4:00 pm., weekdays by arrangement for private groups. Admission charge includes goggles and face mask. Gun rentals start at $20/day. Paintballs and CO2 refills average $20-$40/day.
American Canyon Paintball Jungle is located in a flat, lush Eucalyptus grove just minutes from Six Flags Marine World in Vallejo. Its 50 acres of playing fields include forts, bunkers, a speedball course, a teepee village, and team practice fields. It's considered to be one of the finest paintball playing fields in the country.
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Wine
Cartlidge & Browne
205-B Jim Oswald Way
American Canyon CA 94503
707.552.5199
American Canyon's only winery, with sales and tasting. Located at the end of Green Island Road one mile off Highway 29. Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah. Exceptionally low prices. Also produces Manzanita Canyon and Stratford labels.
Les Garagistes
American Canyon CA 94503
A planned "artisanal winery village" with space for 12 limited-production wineries and an upscale café and delicatessen.
Napa-Sonoma Wine Country Visitors Center
101 Antonina Drive
American Canyon CA 94503
707.642.0686 800.723.0575 Fax: 707.642.4610
Tourist information, wine tasting, delicatessen, light meals and souvenirs. They can also arrange for last-minute lodging. Tasting bar offers a sample of four wines. Usually they'll include a dessert wine as well.
The Visitors Center is the first wine-related location for visitors coming from the East Bay. They have information on the Sonoma Valley, too, but naturally we think you should visit our valley. It's still the place for wine and beauty.
Wine Bars
If you'd like to sample wines from a variety of wineries, but your visiting time is limited, consider wine bars. Wine bars offer you the opportunity to taste wines from a number of wineries at a single location.
In the past year, the number of wine tasting bars in the Napa Valley has greatly increased. There is a fee for sampling the wines, but the wine bars are convenient and they also give you a chance to try hard-to-find, limited-production wines.
