About a 2-hour drive from San Francisco and one hour before you get to the Point Reyes Lighthouse, there is a place that remains just about the way it was 50 years ago... Point Reyes Station has been preserved in spite of the crowds that visit every weekend of the year. Even Prince Charles of England was here a few years ago.
Stellina Osteria uses very fresh ingredients but somewhere in the short time that it's been open, flavoring has been forgotten. Maybe it's just a matter of cooking very light, but a grass-fed- goat-shoulder-stew with polenta ought to have a lot more exciting things to say than just: "Yes, I am meat and a very good one at that!" We didn't try the specialty: pizza with local oysters. I did not have the courage... The potato fennel soup was made with the freshest organic"est" ingredients. A heavy gluten taste (cooked, maybe yesterday?) prevented us from enjoying the sweet winks that fennel can give to a potato. The soup was left practically untouched, yet nobody bothered to find out if there was bleach or a cockroach floating with the fresh basil (fresh indeed!).
A lovely dining room, but Stellina is ready for a flavor revamp. Let me know if you try the Oyster Pizza.
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