October 17th - Honeymoon Day 1

After an eventful morning we made a mad dash up route 5 to make our dinner reservation at Ad Hoc in Yountville (also known as yont-ville, yowntville, yonkville, ewe-nt-ville...not sure I ever got it right). The dash got even madder when we called the restaurant and found out they were serving fried chicken that night. Luckily, our ever-accommodating hosts at the Cottages of Napa left our vouchers at our cottage and Yountville was only about 2 miles up the road, so we made our reservation.
Ad Hoc was awesome. Fried chicken was right up there, but totally different from some of the greats (Larkin's, The Kitchen, Hodak's, and Canele). It was impossibly tender, the crust was flaky without falling off or being greasy, and they did something with thyme and buttermilk (?) that was delicious. We had a delicious half-bottle of wine from a local winery call El Molino. Check out the ode to 70's illustration that is happening on the label.

you can check out the full review of Ad Hoc on yelp (if you are so inclined to hear me gush over all the deliciousness):

http://www.yelp.com/biz/ad-hoc-yountville-2#hrid:HmaXBY5LUjEazR4bPBjmIA


And here's a picture of the menu from that night--look at the cute little pig! Wearing a hard hat?