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dinner $295; seatings 11am-1pm Fri-Sun, 5:30-9:15pm daily)
The pinnacle of California dining, Thomas Keller's French Laundry is epic, a high-
wattage culinary experience on par with the world's best. Book two months ahead at 10am
sharp, or log onto OpenTable.com precisely at midnight. Avoid tables before 7pm; first-
service seating moves a touch quickly. This is the meal you can brag about the rest of your
life.
Ad Hoc
CALIFORNIAN
dinner from $52; 5-10pm Thu-Sat & Mon, 10am-1pm & 5-10pm Sun)
A winning formula by Yountville's culinary patriarch, Thomas Keller, Ad Hoc serves the
master's favorite American home cooking in four-course family-style menus, with no vari-
ations (dietary restrictions notwithstanding). Monday is fried-chicken night, which you can
also sample weekend lunchtime, take-out only, behind the restaurant at Keller's latest ven-
ture,
Addendum
(open 11am to 2pm Thursday to Saturday), which serves to-go boxed-
lunch barbecue (order ahead to ensure availability).
Bouchon
FRENCH
$19-45; 11am-midnight Mon-Fri, from 10am Sat & Sun)
Details at celeb-chef Thomas Keller's French brasserie are so impeccable - zinc bar to
white-aproned waiters - you'd swear you were in Paris. Only the Bermuda-shorts-clad
Americans look out of place. On the menu: oysters, onion soup, roasted chicken, leg of
lamb, trout with almonds, runny cheeses and perfect profiteroles.
Bistro Jeanty
FRENCH
707-944-0103;
www.bistrojeanty.com
; 6510 Washington St; mains $19-30;
11:30am-10:30pm)
French bistros by classical definition serve comfort food to weary travelers, and that's
what French-born chef-owner Philippe Jeanty does, with succulent cassoulet, coq au vin,
steak
-
frites
, braised pork with lentils, and scrumptious tomato soup.