Sipping premium Napa cabernet. Nibbling world-class cuisine. Perusing boutiques for that perfect gift. First Street Napa is a wine country all in one spot.

This new 325,000-square-foot development spans three city blocks in downtown Napa and sits in the shadow of the chic, 183-room Archer Hotel Napa, the tallest building in Napa Valley. The first series of retail shops — some mainstream, others singularly Napa — and restaurants and wine bars opened last fall, with more to follow throughout 2018.

Here are five of our favorite ways — so far — to eat, drink and play in this new Napa playground.

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