The tables have linens, and they are covered with brown butcher paper - which is fine by me, since this is supposed to be a roadhouse, after all. The tables are set with water glasses full of flatware, and salt and pepper shakers. I waited for bread and butter, but none appeared. I thought perhaps they forego bread and butter here at the roadhouse, but then the next table got a nice basket of bread and a pot of butter, and I realized that someone must have forgotten to bring mine out. The wine list is excellent, as a St. Helena eatery's wine list should be.
Service is relaxed - nothing fancy, but engaging and quick.
Thai ginger chicken soup. The soup itself was a clear broth with a good bite from the ginger slices. Also included were bits of carrots and cilantro, and small, tender chunks of chicken. A large helping of crisped mai fun turned soft as it drowned in the broth. If you're going to serve a dish called road apples, it would be best if the name didn't seem so apt.