Piknik Town Market — Restaurant in Guerneville

Formerly the Big Bottom Market, Piknik attempts to recreate the experience of the former guerneville staple while “surprising the palette” as their website puts it. There are not as many options on the menu anymore, most of the favorite items have been replaced. Since they attempted to recreate and reinvent big bottom, I feel justified in being nit picky with comparing them.

The famous biscuits from big bottom are still on the menu but they stick out as a relic from the days of olde to appease the crowds, the are still good and are the same recipe, (maybe it’s just me) but you can taste that they were reluctantly made.

I also tried the mini pancakes and the “Dutch tourist” sandwich. The pancakes were what you’d expect, have the taste and texture of regular old pancakes at quintuple the cost. They also didn’t mix their batter thoroughly so 3 out of the 10 pancakes had a large clump of flour in them. Do not buy.

The sandwich was again nothing special, it was fine, also pricy. The proportion of bread to toppings was way off, it seems they really want to emphasize the bread but it made for a rather dry sandwich. The sandwiches of big bottom (especially my favorite, the cubano) really stuck out as expertly crafted and honestly left you stunned as how good they were. This did not come across in the reinvented sandwiches at piknik, again, just fine, not stellar. (I have heard relatives of mine report sandwiches with bread so stale that it is hard to even bite through, but I have not experienced this)

Overall, there are some quality control issues that aren’t too terrible, but absolutely detract from the experience. And for a restaurant that tries to recreate and reimagine the Big Bottom Market experience, Piknik simply...

OMG!! This place!!! My Aunt and I went. We had heard about the biscuits. We were greeted with a big smile and a quickly made coffee!! As we waited for the biscuits, we were able to sit and enjoy talking with the staff.

Then the biscuits came, warm, and glistening with fresh jam. All talking stopped, lol. They were delicious! Warm, soft, but with a crisp and buttery crust.

I cannot wait to go back through when on the area again!!

If you are in the area, run to this place, ...

Salmon lox caper biscuit thing was literally the best caper creation to bless my tastebuds, busted on the spot, however had to ask for more capers bc they diddnt have enough originally. CAPER ME UP HOE. The grilled cheese with garlic aioli sauce is bust as well. That espresso was straight up decedent and smooth I like it like dat. I had an Americano and my gay boyfriend had a mocha and both drinks were delicious asf🤤. If ur in gurtville def hit...