To the right ear, the names of the bars that lined the streets of Yountville half a century ago might sound like a chorus of old friends: Claudiaâs. Mexicali Rose. Yountville Saloon. The Whistle Stop. The Two Spot.
At the time, Yountville was mostly dive bars. During the seventies and eighties, the list of town bars stretched at least a dozen long, with the residents of the nearby Veterans Home a vital clientele. Today the list is just a single name: Panchaâs.
It was 1982 when Bobby Solis opened Panchaâs doors. The bar scene just seemed the way to go to Solis, a life-long Yountville resident who had been working as a general contractor.