EAT + DRINK Sondra Bernstein of the girl & the fig: The Evolution of a Community Celebrity

"As wildly popular Sonoma restaurant the girl & the fig turns 20 this year, restaurateur Sondra Bernstein celebrates a milestone and keeps her eye on new ventures. Click through the gallery above for highlights from the girl & the fig over the past twenty years. Read the full story below.

It’s been a long and somewhat crazy journey from elegant fig and goat cheese salads to hearty bowls of hot ramen. Parts of the adventure have been nail-biters, spanning some dozen restaurant openings and closings and an employee roster that has burgeoned from an original 18 to 200-plus."

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