Nine new restaurants have opened across town since early 2026, and nearly all of them lean into the same farm-to-table approach that’s defined Paso’s food scene for years — local produce, Central Coast seafood, and menus built around Paso Robles wine.
Some of this is coincidence — a hotel opening here, an ownership change there. But taken together, it’s real money: Paso Robles Inn alone is in the middle of a $13 million culinary overhaul, and two working wineries decided a tasting room wasn’t enough and built full kitchens instead. Whichever of these you visit, expect the same throughline that’s always defined Paso dining — a server who can talk you through the wine list because they poured half of it themselves.
For the full roster of Paso’s established farm-to-table restaurants, see our Ultimate Paso Robles Farm-to-Table Dining Guide — this post covers what’s new.
A New Farmhouse Table Downtown
1. Grace & Rose
Grace & Rose opened inside a restored 1915 farmhouse on Park Street, and it’s become one of downtown’s most personal new dining rooms. Named after the owners’ daughters’ middle names, it runs a seasonal dinner menu alongside a wine list weighted toward Paso Robles producers, with al fresco seating on a covered wraparound porch.
Serving: Seasonal dinner menus, winemaker events throughout the year, and a wine list built around local producers.
Farm-to-fork: The menu rotates with what’s growing nearby, and periodic winemaker dinners tie the kitchen directly to Central Coast growers.
Grace & Rose
745 Park St, Paso Robles, CA
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Five New Restaurants Inside Two Downtown Hotels
The single biggest shift in Paso’s dining scene this year didn’t come from a single restaurant — it came from two hotel openings a few blocks apart. Between them, Paso Robles Inn and The Ava Hotel added five new places to eat and drink within walking distance of the town square.
2. Cattlemen’s Bar
Paso Robles Inn’s historic watering hole reopened February 21, 2026, as Cattlemen’s Bar, a partnership with the Charlie Palmer Collective and the first of three planned concepts at the inn. The 83-seat bar and lounge, redesigned by EDG, mixes leather furniture and deep-blue walls with antiques that nod to the property’s ranching history.
Serving: Sunday–Thursday 4–10pm, Friday–Saturday 4–11pm. Bar food and cocktails, with a menu built around local ingredients.
Cattlemen’s Bar
1103 Spring St, Paso Robles, CA 93446
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3. Salina Rooftop
The second Charlie Palmer concept at Paso Robles Inn, Salina Rooftop debuted June 26, 2026, atop The Piccolo — the inn’s boutique hotel wing. It’s downtown’s first true rooftop restaurant, serving live-fire pizza and botanical cocktails with views over the town square.
Serving: Live-fire pizza, rooftop cocktails, and Paso Robles wines. Hours are still settling in post-opening — check current availability before you go.
Local Tip: Go for golden hour. The rooftop overlooks downtown, and the light through the vines to the west is worth timing a reservation around.
Salina Rooftop at The Piccolo
1103 Spring St, Paso Robles, CA 93446
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4. EMRE
The Ava Hotel’s flagship restaurant, EMRE, is led by Chef Julien Asseo — who also owns Les Petites Canailles downtown and previously served as executive chef at the two-Michelin-starred Restaurant Guy Savoy in Las Vegas. The menu is Mediterranean-inspired and built around locally sourced ingredients, paired with wine, craft cocktails, and aperitifs.
Serving: Tuesday–Thursday 5–9pm, Friday 5–10pm, Saturday–Sunday 9am–1pm (brunch) and 5–10pm (dinner); closed Mondays.
Farm-to-fork: Asseo’s Mediterranean menu changes seasonally, drawing on the same Central Coast sourcing that defines his cooking at Les Petites Canailles.
EMRE at The Ava Hotel
944 Pine St, Paso Robles, CA 93446 (corner of 10th and Pine)
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5. Pine Street Bistro
Also inside The Ava Hotel, Pine Street Bistro covers the casual end of the hotel’s dining program — a La Colombe espresso bar with all-day offerings, good for a quick bite between wine tasting stops or a sidewalk coffee before heading out for the day. It’s the kind of low-key spot a hotel’s food program needs but rarely gets right: no reservation required, no pressure to make it a whole meal.
Serving: All-day casual fare, pastries, and La Colombe espresso drinks.
Pine Street Bistro at The Ava Hotel
944 Pine St, Paso Robles, CA 93446
6. Esperanza on the Rooftop
The Ava Hotel’s third concept, Esperanza on the Rooftop, serves Baja- and Latin-inspired coastal fare and agave-forward cocktails from what the hotel bills as the largest rooftop venue in the county — a direct answer to Salina Rooftop a few blocks away, and proof that downtown suddenly has two legitimate rooftop options where it had none a year ago. Expect a longer cocktail list here than at Salina, leaning on mezcal and tequila alongside the expected Paso Robles wines.
Serving: Baja- and Latin-inspired small plates, agave cocktails, and Paso Robles wines with rooftop views.
Esperanza on the Rooftop at The Ava Hotel
944 Pine St, Paso Robles, CA 93446
A Castle Comes Back to the Table
7. The Anderson Paso
Highway 46 West’s fortress-style estate — the one with the water-filled moat, locally known simply as “the castle” — spent years cycling through wine brands, first as Eagle Castle Winery and more recently as Tooth & Nail Winery. New ownership, The Covelop Company, opened The Anderson Paso restaurant on April 16, 2026, with Chef Logan Ring in the kitchen. Ring’s menu blends time spent cooking in Korea and the Caribbean with his roots in the American Southeast, landing somewhere between elevated California cuisine and a Southern roadhouse.
Serving: Lunch and dinner Thursday–Monday, 11:30am–9pm (last seating 8:30pm), plus Sunday brunch from 10:30am–3:30pm. The bar program favors local producers, including a milk-clarified Negroni made with Croma Vera’s Vermouth Del Sol.
Farm-to-fork: Ring pairs Central Coast seasonal harvest with Southern-inflected technique, served in a dining room and patio that both look out over vineyard rows planted long before the current ownership arrived.
The Anderson Paso
3090 Anderson Rd, Paso Robles, CA 93446
Reserve a table or call (805) 226-5060
Two Wineries Add Kitchens of Their Own
Winery restaurants aren’t new in Paso Robles — several tasting rooms have run full kitchens for years — but two more producers joined that list in 2026 with standalone programs built to draw diners even on days they’re not tasting wine.
8. The Eatery at Vina Robles
Vina Robles turned part of its tasting room into an Italian wood-fired restaurant led by Chef Nicola Allegretta, who trained at the Italian Culinary Institute of Bari before opening Mistura in San Luis Obispo in 2006. A Stefano Ferrara Forni oven turns out Neapolitan-style pizzas alongside seasonal salads, sandwiches, and Mama’s Meatballs, with full-service dining on weekends and a grab-and-go menu during the week.
Serving: Full-service dining Thursday–Sunday, 11am–5pm; reservations recommended, walk-ins welcome.
Farm-to-fork: The wood-fired menu keeps ingredients simple and seasonal, letting Allegretta’s Neapolitan technique and Vina Robles’ own wine list carry the meal.
The Eatery at Vina Robles
3700 Mill Rd, Paso Robles, CA 93446
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9. Melo Mela at Bianchi Winery
At Bianchi Winery, Chef Gregg Wangard runs Melo Mela Kitchen, a seasonal California menu with Italian influence served on a patio overlooking a koi-filled lake with coastal mountain views beyond the vines — a more resort-like setting than most Paso tasting rooms. Live music plays the first and third Saturdays of the spring and summer months.
Serving: Sunday–Thursday 11am–5pm, Friday–Saturday 11am–6pm; reservations recommended.
Farm-to-fork: The menu shifts seasonally alongside Bianchi’s own harvest calendar, pairing California-Italian dishes with the winery’s estate wines.
Bianchi Winery
3380 Branch Rd, Paso Robles, CA 93446
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Planning a Visit Around These New Restaurants
These nine restaurants aren’t clustered in one neighborhood, so it’s worth grouping them by geography rather than trying to hit all of them in a single day. Grace & Rose, Cattlemen’s Bar, Salina Rooftop, EMRE, Pine Street Bistro, and Esperanza on the Rooftop are all within a five-minute walk of the town square, which makes downtown an easy pairing with an afternoon at any of the tasting rooms in downtown Paso. The Anderson Paso sits out on Highway 46 West, closer to the Westside wineries, while Vina Robles and Bianchi Winery are both a short drive east of downtown — easy to combine with each other or with a broader loop through that side of the AVA.
Given how recently most of these opened, treat posted hours as a starting point rather than gospel. Kitchens tend to add days and extend hours once they’ve worked out their staffing, so a Tuesday-only close today might not hold in three months. Calling ahead costs nothing and saves a wasted drive.
New Restaurants in Paso Robles FAQ
Q: What new restaurants opened in Paso Robles in 2026?
A: Grace & Rose, Cattlemen’s Bar, and Salina Rooftop opened downtown, along with EMRE, Pine Street Bistro, and Esperanza on the Rooftop at The Ava Hotel. The Anderson Paso reopened a longtime castle estate on Highway 46 West, and Vina Robles and Bianchi Winery both added standalone restaurants inside their tasting rooms.
Q: Are these new Paso Robles restaurants farm-to-table?
A: Most build their menus around Central Coast produce, seafood, and meat, and several — including The Eatery at Vina Robles and Melo Mela at Bianchi Winery — source directly from the winery’s own harvest calendar. The two rooftop restaurants and Pine Street Bistro lean more toward cocktails and casual fare, but still pull from local purveyors where it counts.
Q: Do I need reservations at these new restaurants?
A: Yes, especially on weekends and at the two rooftop venues, which have limited seating. Several of these restaurants are still settling into their hours post-opening, so call ahead or book online before you go.
Q: Where are most of Paso Robles’ new restaurants located?
A: Six of the nine are downtown, inside or attached to Paso Robles Inn and The Ava Hotel, both a short walk from the town square. The Anderson Paso is out on Highway 46 West, and Vina Robles and Bianchi Winery are both east of downtown in the winery corridor.
Q: When is The Pass by Charlie Palmer opening?
A: Paso Robles Inn’s third Charlie Palmer concept is scheduled for fall 2026. It’s not open yet, so treat any earlier date you see as unconfirmed until the inn announces one.
New restaurants keep landing in Paso Robles faster than most wine country towns its size can support, which says something about where the town’s headed. Pair a meal from this list with an afternoon on the wine tasting map, or build a full day around it with one of PRW’s itineraries.
