Mother's Day Brunch at Estate in Sonoma

Smiling faces, warm Spring weather and good food made for a wonderful family brunch to celebrate Mother's Day.  We enjoyed our outdoor seating on the spacious deck at Estate in Sonoma.  The last day of our staycation happened to coincide with Mother's Day, what a perfect way to end the week by spending the day with almost all my family including grandchildren.  Estate is the perfect place to celebrate a birthday, anniversary or holiday with your family and we are lucky to have this restaurant almost in our own backyard, about a twenty minute drive from our home. 

I started my brunch with a Mimosa and one of these soft polenta rolls to go along with all these flavorful share plates of antipasti.

Outdoor seating at Estate offers lots of beautiful and interesting things to look at and touch but the outstanding Mother's Day Bubbles & Brunch menu eventually brought everybody back to the table.  The food at Estate is Italian inspired while the Girl & the fig, another of Sandra Bernstein's Sonoma restaurants offers a French themed menu.  My husband, Scott asked the chef to sign my menu to add to my collection.

 

I know that I'm partial, being the grandmother and all, but look at the pink dress and that little dimpled hand- just as scrumptious as anything that was served at Estate.

 

My daughter Jen, the mother of all my sweet grandchildren and I ordered the artichoke-herb frittata which came with roasted potatoes and a green salad.  Unfortunately my younger daughter who lives in Portland and attends college at PSU  could not be there.  Katie describes herself on Facebook as loving being a student and an Auntie to the most handsome, funny and smart boys, she hasn't updated this since Gracie was born!

She also says she misses her dog and wants another one, she now has a cat.  She is homesick for the bay and addicted to gummy cola bottles. She loves to cook and next time she comes to visit she want to do a guest post, maybe her scalloped potatoes, yum.  Back to the artichoke frittata, it was good filled with roasted baby artichokes.

 

My husband, son and son in law all ordered the breakfast pizzas which were delicious individual works of art with the fried egg in the center. We enjoyed everything including left overs from the little boy's plates of scrambled eggs and roasted potatoes, no-not me, I wouldn't do that.

The gardens at Estate are beautiful year round but particularly nice at this time.  On a corner of the property in full sun the herb garden is already well established in a raised stone bed next to a beautiful espalier apple tree.  The roses were blooming all around the Victorian mansion, which once belonged to General Vallejo's daughter but now is the home of Estate restaurant.  The colors from the Spring blooming perennial flowers were bright and pretty in the flower beds and surrounding green fields.

My son Taylor who is the digital media coordinator at  49ers.com, helped me start my blog.  He is with my oldest daughter Jen, who describes herself on Facebook as a wifey, mommy, cpa, gardener, cook, shopaholic, loves coffee and wine and is grateful for everyday with my family.  These family pictures are for you LeQuan, one of my favorite bloggers, who asked me to show more family pictures in my blog.

A very sweet ending to a wonderful family meal.