Mustards Grill Napa Valley Cookbook

Culinary spitfire Cindy Pawlcyn can't remember exactly when folks started calling Mustards Grill a "truck stop deluxe," but she does recall the nickname caught on after an 18-wheeler took up most of the parking lot, forcing the Mercedes-Benzes and Cadillacs to park along the highway. That was some years back, but nothing much has changed at the wine country's favorite restaurant. After 18 years of feeding Napa and its visitors, Mustards Grill is still the hub of the food and wine community, where wine makers lunch with truckers and chefs come to dine on their night off. Alternately known as the fancy rib joint with way too many wines, Mustards is still the place to go for a heaping plate of honest American fare with worldly sophistication, washed down with a glass of the valley's finest.