Rare Hare at Willow Creek

Rare Hare is the second restaurant at Jackalope and, for many people, the better of the two for a relaxed afternoon on the Peninsula. Where Doot Doot Doot leans into fine-dining drama, Rare Hare takes the vineyard lunch brief and runs with it: wood-fired grill, long shared plates, a list of Willow Creek estate wines by the glass, and a room that opens directly onto the pinot rows.

The menu is organised around pizza, wood-fire mains, and a short list of raw starters that have become regulars, the cured kingfish, the burrata with stone fruit in season, whatever is running through the grill that afternoon. The bar is a genuinely good solo lunch spot. The sound system knows what it is doing.

Book a table on the terrace if the weather allows, order one more bottle than planned, and let the afternoon stretch. This is the format that daylight dining on the Peninsula was designed for.