Mustards opens
A roadside grill with a vegetable garden and a point of view takes root in Napa Valley.
Napa Valley · Since 1983
A Napa Valley original.
Mustards helped define a more relaxed, ingredient-driven kind of Wine Country dining, and it still feels like itself.
Chef-owner Cindy Pawlcyn opened Mustards Grill in 1983, bringing seasonal ingredients, global flavors and American comfort food together in a casual Highway 29 roadhouse.
Mustards became a gathering place for growers, winemakers, cooks, locals and visitors. The formula never needed much decoration: cook honestly, grill over wood, grow what you can, pour something good and make people want to come back.
Truckstop Deluxe becomes a thing
Ribs, wood-grilled meats, salads, seafood and world-spanning flavor become part of the restaurant's identity.
Still Mustards
The room, the sign, the garden and the food remain tied to the original spirit.
From the Mustards archive
Winemakers lunch with truckers. Chefs come on their night off.
The Garden
Part pantry. Part philosophy.
The garden beside the restaurant is more than scenery. It is a working reminder that great Napa cooking starts with what is growing now.
Explore the Garden