Italian comfort

Golden Bear Station (Sonoma)

GETAWAYS • Sonoma 

Late last year, Chef Joshua Smookler and wife/partner Heidy He opened Golden Bear Station, their second Sonoma County effort since relocating there during the pandemic. The couple earned East Coast acclaim with their short-lived Mu Ramen in Long Island City, then opened Animo in Wine Country, where it was named one of Esquire’s best ne…