Area Attractions
Travelling with additional friends or family? In addition to world-renowned wineries, Napa Valley offers many other activities to enjoy. Learn more below for information about Napa Valley spas, recreational activities, wineries, restaurants, and sight-seeing.
CIA Restaurants
Click here to explore Napa Valley’s best restaurants. The Culinary Institute of America also offers a variety of dining options at both of its Napa Valley campuses, including:
Bold flavors. Mediterranean-inspired cuisine. The Grove at Copia is the signature restaurant from the Culinary Institute of America right in the heart of downtown Napa. The menu is inspired by the bounty of our gardens. The cuisine is Mediterranean in spirit. The vibe is relaxed, whether you’re here for a special occasion dining experience or a casual meal out.
Lunch Box is CIA at Copia’s downtown Napa takeout lunch spot, where you can pick up California-Mediterranean lunch specialties. Fresh sandwiches, bowls, and provisions are inspired by the Copia garden and expertly prepared by CIA chefs. Online ordering available.
Join us for this one-of-a-kind dining experience—a dinner and movie like no other. Enter the world of 3D animation, right at your dinner table, and join Chefs Nya and Ned as they save the world from the villainous Dr. Animator. You’ll encounter flying forks, knives, fire-breathing dragons, and even a pasta monster as you’re transported across the globe without ever leaving the table.
Downtown Napa’s new tasting experience. Wine tasting on your terms. State-of-the-art dispensers with up to 24 curated offerings. Red, white, new world, old world, and trending—just have fun discovering with tasting portions or enjoy a glass. You get to choose.
Tucked away on the second floor of CIA at Copia, overlooking the garden, the unassuming balcony feels like a secret getaway in the Oxbow District. The Haven honors the origins of classic cocktails with an emphasis on technique, presentation, flavor, and high-quality ingredients, all hallmarks of the CIA style of hospitality. Open Friday and Saturday, 8 p.m.–midnight.
Gatehouse Restaurant, on the Culinary Institute of America’s historic St. Helena facility, is the capstone experience for CIA students after two years of rigorous culinary, baking and pastry, hospitality and beverage management instruction. These future industry leaders transform the freshest regional ingredients, as well as those from CIA’s own herb gardens into creative contemporary dishes, served graciously in a refined yet casual dining room.
When you first enter CIA Greystone, don’t be surprised if you find yourself lured by the intoxicating smells of baked bread, cookies and other treats being made in The Bakery Café. The menu features pastries, cookies, soups, salads, sandwiches, and sides made by our baking and pastry arts students and faculty. No reservations.