Market & Bakery

House muffins beside Bouchon and Model Bakery

The pastry counter at Market & Bakery runs on two tracks. Silverado Resort’s own pastry chefs make the signature muffins from scratch, gluten-free versions included, and the rest of the case is stocked with baked goods from Bouchon Bakery and Model Bakery, two of the better-known names in the valley. That hybrid explains the place: in-house pastry, sourced regional baking, and a market shelf drawn from nearby farmers, artisans and purveyors. Around it sit cheese and charcuterie, sweet and savoury pastries, gourmet sandwiches, pizza, specialty coffee, wine and beer, which is a fair description of everything a resort needs from a single counter.

The terrace changes the pace

The format is deliberately simple: order, collect, then either sit outside or take it away. The outdoor seating and the view are what turn a functional stop into a slower one, and the same counter can produce a coffee and a muffin, a picnic run for the cottage, or a casual lunch before heading out into Napa Valley. The market side matters as much as the bakery side, since cheese, charcuterie, snacks and local products extend the visit well past pastry. The counter covers breakfast, lunch and dinner as well as snacks, so it can be a first coffee, a mid-round bite or the evening’s pizza, which is more range than a bakery usually carries. It reads relaxed rather than formal, set a little away from the busier parts of the valley, and the setting does most of the work.

What to order

Start with the signature muffin, the item tied most directly to the resort’s own pastry chefs and the reason the counter is more than a reseller. Then look at the sourced side, where a Bouchon Bakery pastry or a Model Bakery bake connects the stop to established Napa Valley baking without a separate drive. If the order needs to go savoury, the anchors are gourmet sandwiches, pizza, cheese and charcuterie. Specialty coffee belongs with the morning or afternoon pastry, and the wine and beer shelf is there for the provisioning run rather than the visit itself. The strongest order is therefore a signature muffin, one sourced bakery item for the comparison, then a sandwich or a charcuterie selection if the stop is turning into lunch.