Press + History
Selected reporting about Mustards, Cindy Pawlcyn and the restaurant's place in Napa Valley dining history.
San Francisco Chronicle
A 2026 profile looks at Cindy Pawlcyn’s influence on Napa Valley dining, Mustards’ 1983 opening and her decades of mentorship and community involvement.
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A retrospective on the restaurant’s staying power, its old-Napa character, garden, wine-industry following and long-running classics.
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A restaurant review revisits the Mongolian pork chop, wine program and the enduring appeal of the Highway 29 roadhouse.
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Mustards has been written about for decades because it connects two things Napa does exceptionally well: food with a sense of place and wine without unnecessary ceremony.
