While in Calistoga for a wedding, husband and I had a double date dinner one night in Napa with friends. We finally went to Thomas Keller’s Ad Hoc! If you want to eat at a Keller restaurant without breaking the bank, Ad Hoc is the much more laid-back and affordable brother to the French Laundry.
Ad Hoc changes its menu daily, which blows my mind. It takes so much skill and experience to perfect a meal in one shot!
Refreshing summery watermelon salad to start.
In addition to the pre-fixe menu, we ordered some steak skewers, and they were a very good idea.
The main dish was juicy pork chops that had so much flavor, especially near the bone. Food is served family style, so go with people you’re comfortable sharing food with. 😉
A beautiful cheese plate with some fruit, nuts, and honey is always delightful. This set up is also easy to duplicate at home, which we do often for an appetizer plate when entertaining.
These lemon meringue pie in a jar were adorable and yummy! They look like something off of Pinterest. 😉 I may have to duplicate them (and by that, I mean my results will turn out more like this meme)…
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love your foodie fridays <3 this resto is just lovely!
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Nice pics.
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Dinner looks delicious and you are adorable in your blue dress! The matching belt and shoes are perfect!
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Ohh everything looks sooo good! I would be all over that dessert ha.
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Yum!
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Just came across your lovely blog! I am actually from Sonoma Co are you from Napa? Just wanted to say hello 🙂
Hello! I'm actually from Seattle, WA but was just in the Napa area for a wedding 🙂
just came across your blog for the first time…and am now hungry thanks to this post! gorgeous styling posts, too.
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the food looks delicious and the presentation is jaw dropping!
Your photos are beautifully taken! And those foods look delish!
I love your dress! The paisley print is amazing! Beautiful photos! 🙂
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Happy Friday! Food is aways a good way to end the week. Love a good pre-fixe menu and that watermelon salad looks delicious! xx Kat
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Everything looks great, so yummy!!!
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I'm not trying out any new restaurants this weekend, but I do get to see my grandmother, so that means really good, home cooked classic stuff from my childhood (I'm very excited.) It's so neat to see the lemon meringue pie in a jar and it looks delicious to boot. Hope you've been having a good week! xx
There is nothing like good home cooking. Enjoy your time with your grandmother!
Wow that place does look awesome! When your back in Seattle check out Eat Local. It is not a restaurant but a meals to take out place of local organic food. It is my friends place and it is doing phenomenally well.
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Hey Alicia! That's cool your friend owns Eat Local! We've checked it out a few times, but haven't gotten anything yet. I'd love your recommendations for the must-haves there.
Ugh, I've been wanting to go to Ad Hoc! I hear their fried chicken is amazing. I tried to get take out from Addendum once but they were sold out by the time I got there D:
Love your outfit and your hair, it's super perfect for Napa 🙂
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I want to try the fried chicken at Addendum too! Next time… 🙂
Oh wow, yummmmy! Haha, that first photo is so cute too, love that print dress 🙂
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These photos are very delicious 🙂
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wow, looks so good, i've heard great things about Thomas Keller, & the food you ate looks just beautiful (is it weird to describe food as beautiful? nah!)
I am trying a pop-up restaurant tonight – a friend is hosting a Ghanaian food & culture party in some rooftop gardens in London, I've been asked to take the photos 🙂
Katie x
Hi Katie! Whoa that pop-up sounds seriously cool. How did it go? I cannot wait to see your photos of the event!
thanks! yeah it was pretty awesome! Spicy African food is one of my faves 🙂 The pics are up now!
Katie x
you look so cool, so stylish!!
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I would love to eat here! How delicious indeed! xx
so so cute! i love this! now i'm super hungry! x
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Gorgeous photo's the food looks so yummy! I really love the dress your wearing too! xo
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Yumm! One of my traditions is Sunday brunch. It leaves me reenergized to start the week.
Happy Sunday!
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Sunday brunch is the best thing about weekends! Hope you had a wonderful one today.
Great post =)
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All the food looks great, especially the lemon meringue pies!
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oh wow the food looks amazing – how cute are the lemon meringues!
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food looks delicious and your dress is so pretty
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Looks delicious!
Hmmm.. looks yummy ^^
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Great pics, looks really delicious!
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Good food inspires me any day of the week. Happy Monday 🙂
Foooooodddddd , one of the things I love most in life , these all looked nice and made my mouth water . YUM
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The food looks delicious!
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