“Da Blues”

Constructed in 1868, this brick building is among several historic brick structures built in Yountville that are still in existence. It was originally constructed as a depot by the Napa Valley Railroad Company for the transport of building materials, passengers, and agricultural products up and down the valley. When the Southern Pacific Railroad took over the rails and constructed the new depot, the new building served countless other business in Yountville as the old

depot for years. Over time, the old depot housed several grocery stores, the Yountville Telephone Exchange (Mid-1930’s), a barbershop, the Cash ‘n’ Carry Grocery (1946), the Vintage Café, and finally, the Pacific Blues Café.

The Pacific in our name, comes from the rail line which stopped at this location when the building was a depot. The Blues are a style of music, as  American and diverse as the foods on our menu; our proprietor and general manager Jeff Steen recognized that no one in the area was saluting this great musical style.

Pacific Blues Café was voted Napa Valley’s Best New Restaurant in 1997, featured in the California Visitor Review, and recommended by the New York Times; demonstrating once again that our dedication to food & fun is first on the menu.

For more information on the history of Yountville and other historic buildings, be sure to check out the book: Images of America, Yountville, by Pat Alexander and the Napa Valley Museum (2008).

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