"People keep saying, 'This is what we needed,'" Eric Foster told Sonoma Magazine in September. He was talking about Spur Saloon, the country-Western bar and restaurant he and his wife, Christina Keeney Foster, opened in August at 9000 Windsor Road.
The same magazine called Windsor a "sleepy suburb" in that article, and Foster's goal was a place where people could "cut a rug past 9 p.m." A month after Spur opened, Trecini Winery opened its tasting room a short walk down the same street. The timing matters for the holidays. The two biggest events on downtown Windsor's November and December calendar happen in the evening, so for the first time in a while, the blocks around the Green have places open before and after each event.
The empty brewery across from the SMART station
The Fosters weren't new to downtown. They also own Grata Italian Eatery, which opened in 2020, and they'd been watching the empty brewery and tasting room at 9000 Windsor Road, across from the SMART station, for years. Sonoma Magazine reports that they tried out several concepts before deciding on a country-Western saloon.
The result has saddle bar seats bolted to the floor, rifle chandeliers bought from a Sacramento country bar that was selling off its decor, and a long banquette under a longhorn-steer mural. Here's how it works for a night out:
- Hours: 4 to 11 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 4 p.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday.
- Age policy: family-friendly until 9 p.m., then 21 and over.
- Programming: live music about twice a month, plus line dancing, music bingo, karaoke brunch and happy hour.
- Contact: 707-620-0193, and updates on Instagram.
The kitchen is all-electric, with just an oven, a smoker and a few induction burners, and that setup shaped the menu. It's mostly small shareable plates. Heather Irwin's picks include bison sliders at $19, a smoked onion dip at $13 and a Frito pie at $12. Signature cocktails are $15, and several are on draft so the horseshoe bar can serve a crowd quickly. Foster told the magazine he eventually wants nightly smoker specials such as tri-tip or ribs.
The 9 p.m. switch makes Spur a family option for dinner before an early evening on the Green, and a bar after that.
Why Trecini chose Windsor Road
On September 25, Kyle and Christina Cameron opened a 1,100-square-foot tasting room at 9071 Windsor Road in Town Green Village, in the space Bellacana used to occupy. It has 22 indoor seats plus some outdoor seating.
North Bay Business Journal reported that Christina Cameron picked downtown Windsor partly because of the tasting rooms already nearby. She named Tasting Notes, Mutt Lynch, Baldassari and Bienvenue, and she also pointed out that most of the family's vineyards are in Windsor. That makes Windsor Road a walkable string of tasting rooms in the blocks around the Green, and that string matters again in a couple of weeks.
Some background on the brand. Trecini was founded in 2000 by the Vicini family, whose tasting room in downtown Santa Rosa later closed. The Camerons bought the brand in April 2025. They farm about 305 acres in Sonoma, Napa and Mendocino counties, switched Trecini to estate-grown grapes and hired winemaker Gianna Fugazi. The Business Journal also reported that the tasting room would sell olive oil from about 20 olive trees on one of their Windsor vineyards, pressed at The Olive Press in Sonoma. The free opening tastings ran through November 1.
The holiday calendar starts around 5 p.m.
With those two places open, here is the season on and around the Green, in order. The farmers market and tree decorating take the daytime slots, and the two biggest draws come after dark.
- Thursday, November 19, 5 to 8 p.m. Winter Wine Walk. The Windsor Chamber's walk takes place on McClelland Drive in downtown Windsor. General admission is $67, and designated-driver tickets are $25 with limited availability. Tickets went on sale October 22, and only 450 tickets are available in total. Each ticket includes a logo glass, food and wine tastes, a map of locations and holiday shopping specials. The Chamber says more than 20 wineries and food vendors will take part. Check-in details arrive by email two days before the event, so check your spam folder and bring ID.
- Sunday, November 22, morning. Thanksgiving Tastings at the farmers market. The Windsor Certified Farmers Market, at 701 McClelland Drive at Market Street, plans holiday recipes and a Kidz Dig It cooking class during its new 2026 Sunday hours of 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
- Sunday, November 29, from noon. Charlie Brown Christmas Tree Grove decorating begins. People 4 Parks Windsor opens community decorating days at noon. Every adopted tree has to be decorated by 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 2.
- Sunday, December 6. Market finale. This is the last Sunday market of 2026. The market stays open through the first Sunday in December.
- Nightly through January 1. Snowfalls in the Grove. People 4 Parks says the nightly snowfalls continue at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m., and trees stay decorated until closing night, January 1 at 8 p.m.
The Wine Walk runs from 5 to 8 on a weeknight, and the Grove's snowfalls happen at 5:30 and 7:30. Both fall within Spur's 4 p.m. opening and its 9 p.m. family-hours cutoff, a couple of blocks from the McClelland Drive side of the Green.
If you adopted a tree this year
Adoptions opened September 15 and were limited to Windsor residents and businesses with a Windsor storefront. If you're one of them, People 4 Parks has posted 2026 decorating instructions with a few specific rules:
- Find your tree. The Grove is split into areas labeled Bosque, McClelland East, McClelland West, South Diagonal, North Diagonal and Along the Arbor. Adoptees get a map and tree list by email within two weeks of decorating day.
- Lights. Use outdoor-rated LED lights only, with no solar transformers and no homemade electric or battery-powered toppers. Trees with non-LED lights get unplugged and tagged. Plug into the socket attached to your barrel, and keep lights out of the top of the barrel, because it fills with rain.
- Weatherproofing. String lights from the bottom up and tape every connection with black electrical tape. Skip plastic zip ties, ornaments made of food or dough, and anything held together with Elmer's glue. The organizers expect rain and wind in December.
- Taking it down. Trees stay up through January 1. You have until 9 p.m. Friday, January 8, to undecorate, and trees taken down early or left for volunteers get tagged for future eligibility.
If you'll be traveling over the holidays, the organizers ask you to arrange now for someone else to take your tree down.
Sunday mornings wrap up first
The farmers market is the main daytime anchor of the season, and it ends first. The December 6 finale closes a 2026 season that started April 12 and included the market's 25th birthday on July 5. After that, the Green's December schedule moves to the Grove and its two nightly snowfalls, with the new Windsor Road spots open nearby on those same evenings.
Living a few blocks from the Green has always meant easy access to the Wine Walk and the Grove. As of this fall, it also means somewhere to go for dinner or a drink before and after. If you're curious what that walkable location adds to your home's value, I'm happy to put real numbers on it. Jennifer Klein Real Estate can start with a free home valuation for your place near the Town Green.
