Ad Hoc now offers dinner daily

By Register Staff

Celebrating its first anniversary Sept. 16, Ad Hoc, Chef Thomas Keller’s family-style restaurant in Yountville, is now going to be open seven nights a week.

Ad Hoc (“for this purpose”) was originally slated to be a temporary restaurant but it proved to be so popular there was usually a waitlist, especially on its “fried chicken nights” every other Monday.

The restaurant was recently voted as one of the “Top 100 Bay Area Restaurants” by the San Francisco Chronicle.

Ad Hoc’s menu is greatly influenced by the produce grown in Keller’s culinary gardens. The four-course, $45 prix fixe menu changes nightly and reflects the hearty comfort food that Keller enjoyed growing up.

Chef de cuisine Dave Cruz oversees the kitchen and is responsible for the daily evolving menu. “This time of year, the fruits from our gardens are literally falling off the trees faster than we can use them,” he said. “We are excited to be open seven nights a week and have more opportunities to share these inspired dishes with our guests.”

Reservations at Ad Hoc can be made by calling 944-2487. Hours of operation are from 5-9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays; and from 3-8 p.m. for Sunday supper. Corkage is $20 per bottle. The space is also available for private buy-outs, for parties of up to 70 guests. It’s located at 6476 Washington St., Yountville./Register

Ubuntu expands its hours

Ubuntu Restaurant and Yoga Studio, Napa’s only vegetarian restaurant and combined yoga studio, is now serving breakfast and lunch menus in addition to dinner Breakfast features simple fare like yogurt, fruit, homemade granola, smoothies, pastries and tea and coffee drinks. For lunch, chef Jeremy Fox plans to closely follow the dinner menu, but with the addition of some sandwiches, most notably, his Ratatouille on Zucchini Bread with Burrata and Basil. Breakfast hours are 7-9:30 a.m., and lunch is from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Ubuntu Restaurant and Yoga Studio is at 1140 Main St., Napa.

Ubuntu offers a menu of daily-harvested organic food on its ground floor below a mezzanine level yoga studio where 25 teachers lead 42 classes a week.

For more information, or for reservations, please call 251.5656 or go to www.ubuntunapa.com.

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