Gluten-Free Travel: Inn on Randolph in Napa, CA

On this edition of gluten-free travel, Celiac and the Beast visits Napa, CA at the Inn on Randolph in downtown Napa.

Celiac and the Beast Visits Inn on Randolph

#GFBloggerRetreat

I recently visited Napa, CA with an amazing group of ladies for our somewhat annual #GFBloggerRetreat! This is a private, sponsored retreat, with just me and 9 other of my favorite gluten-free ladies. Last visit, we hit up Portland, OR. We had a set of amazing sponsors in Portland last year! We ate a bunch of New Cascadia bagels and had amazing gluten-free beer. This time, it was wine country – BRING IT.

Inn on Randolph Group Photo Jazz Hands

What an amazing group of gluten-free bloggers I had a chance to be with! These ladies are complete rockstars! Top to bottom row, left to right.

Inn on Randolph Bed and Breakfast Welcome Gift

Gluten-Free in Napa

You can easily eat gluten free in Napa. Yes, the Inn is gluten-free, but so are many restaurants in town, and in wine country (Yountville, CA). The Inn on Randolph, one of our sponsors of the retreat, is a gluten-free bed and breakfast in Napa, CA. It’s just a short walk from downtown Napa and all of its charm. I was greeted with this awesome little gift from the brand. Of course, it included lots of nummies from some of our sponsors like Schar, and Napa-locals, Cup4Cup. And of course, wine.

Gluten Free Breakfast Canyon Bakehouse Inn on Randolph

Each morning we were greeted with a wonderful gluten free breakfast at the Inn on Randolph in Napa. For the first morning, they created french toast casserole using Canyon Bakehouse heritage loaf bread (our amazing sponsor!). They were able to accomodate all of our weird little diets (I’m dairy-free and egg-free, and no beef. Cindy is vegetarian and can have eggs and dairy. Jules is a vegetarian and can have eggs but no dairy. Some of us are just dairy-free. And yes, there were even a few people that are just gluten-free). Just arrange with the chef in advance so they can prepare a menu for each guest.

Gluten Free Breakfast at Inn on Randolph

Each of these below dishes that I had during our trip to the Inn on Randolph were modified for me specifically (hence the place card), to be made gluten-free (obviously), dairy-free, and egg-free (unless baked).

Inn on Randolph Gluten Free Breakfast Sausage Inn on Randolph Gluten Free Breakfast Chia Seed Porridge Inn on Randolph Gluten Free Breakfast with Waffles Inn on Randolph Gluten Free Breakfast Spaghetti Squash and Bacon

Another great thing about the Inn is that they have endless tea and coffee available. This is available in the main house, and 24/7. They have a hot water tap (can I please get one of these in my house?!?!). But they have this one tea from Napa Valley Tea Company – the Wine Country Detox tea – that is my absolute favorite loose leaf tea. It’s described as an herbal tea with holy basil, spearmint, rosehips, lemon myrtle and linden blossoms. I drank so much of this tea, because I had the restraint of a kid at an all-you-can-eat pizza restaurant. I was so excited to open up my swag bag to see that I got to take a small box of it home with me! You can buy this tea on their website (seriously, I can’t find it anywhere else online)- it’s SO good!

Inn on Randolph with Neighborhood Cat

The Inn on Randolph

The entire Inn holds 10 guests (or sets of guests) with rooms in the main house and separate cottages on the property. There was plenty of parking on the back and on the street of the Inn (it’s in a neighborhood). I was in a room on the 2nd floor. There are four rooms in the main guest house (that also holds the kitchen and dining area) and several stand-alone cottages.

Michelle was in the Fowler room a stand alone cottage closest to the parking lot and the Cabernet room (for meetings/shared group space). If I was here as a guest, I would definitely choose this one because it’s private and doesn’t adjoin to other guest cottages or the main house.

Sarah was in the Randolph room which hosts the original door and mailbox of the inn when it was a midwifery. It adjoins with Megan’s Washington room.

Erin and Chandice were in the Laurel and Franklin rooms that adjoin in a separate cottage.

Jules, recently recovering from surgery, was in the Hannah Moore room, the only room on the first floor.

Upstairs, Cindy took the Union room (my 2nd favorite choice of the main house rooms because it was the only one with a 2nd floor outdoor patio), and Chrystal was in the adjoining Walker room that opened into the 2nd floor stair well.

Brianna was in the smaller Wilson room, but it offers privacy because it doesn’t adjoin to other rooms.

I had the Jefferson room, a secluded large room on the 2nd floor. I LOVED this choice of rooms for me. It was quiet, private, huge, and had an amazing bathroom with heated floors.

I would highly recommend staying at the Inn on Randolph during your next trip to Napa. Thank you to the Inn on Randolph for sponsoring part of our event in Napa!

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Comments: 5

  1. Chrystal February 10, 2019 at 8:06 pm Reply

    I had so much fun reading your recap. I loved my room too and I already want to go back!

  2. Cindy Gordon February 11, 2019 at 10:25 am Reply

    This was such a great time, I can’t wait to go back!

  3. Chandice February 13, 2019 at 11:55 am Reply

    This was an INCREDIBLE inn! Loved it all!

  4. jules February 13, 2019 at 12:32 pm Reply

    Woah, what an insane recap. I feel like I’m on the retreat all over again! Speaking of which, I wish I really was.
    Thanks to all our sponsors for making this possible.
    Love you, Erica!
    oxxo
    ~jules

  5. jenna urben March 27, 2019 at 4:54 pm Reply

    I am seriously blown away! I can’t believe I’ve never stayed here. I’m dairy-free and egg-free, and eat mostly plant-based… This place sounds like heaven!! Everything looks delicious and the rooms look so welcoming 🙂

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