I just wanted to let your company know that I visited your shop at the Oxbow Center this weekend and was quite impressed. Matt Reynolds took very good care of me and explained why your meat is superior. I took his advice and came home with a steak which turned out to be extremely good... I could really tell the difference between your product and supermarket meat. Flavorful, tender, ect... Top Notch. I will definitely try your store again when I am in downtown Napa and will recommend the same to my friends. Keep up the good work. BGhormley
We found the wine a perfect accompaniment, incidentally, to the first burgers off the grill this spring. They were sweetened with grilled onions and spiced with a catsup-and-mayo sauce seasoned with horseradish, mustard, wasabi and lime. But the meat alone was the big hit. For the first time, we made the burgers with Five Dot Ranch ground chuck from Taylor's Market ($4.49 per pound). This is good beef, coming from a famly that's been ranching in California since 1852. Today, the Swickard family's holdings stretch from Lassen County to Napa Valley. The mostly Angus cattle they run are raised on open range with sustainable, "holistic" and natural practices. They don't use antibiotics on the herds, and they don't add hormones to their feed. Posted by mdunne at May 14, 2008 10:18 AM
Five Dot Ranch's hot dogs don't bite but they do snap;
I enjoyed my dinner frank tonight from Five Dot Ranch. It has a nice snappy casing and a good, juicy classic hot dog taste. The only minus is they are what they say they are... dinner franks... the size of a bratwurst and more suitable to be served for dinner then a bun... unless you get the size bun that will hold a bratwurst. I hope in the future they will make some skinny dogs that will fit in a conventional bun because they were great. I still enjoyed the grank very much with my Alexander Valley saurkraut and pickles from Whole Foods. The frank was WAY better than the Whole Foods beef frank I bought last time. Actually, I can't think of another I like more. They had some interesting brands of bottled steak sauces and marinades. Also they were selling some wine soaked planks for cooking meat. rworange Jan 31st 2008