Menus & Dishes
There is no menu to choose from, which is exactly the point. What arrives is what the kitchen thinks is best that day, in quantities designed to be passed around.
By The Reservation Desk Editorial Team · Published September 8, 2025 · Last updated · 8 min read
A first course — usually a salad or a vegetable preparation — then a main with two or three sides, then cheese, then dessert. Every course arrives on a platter for the table.
The structure never changes. The contents change every single day and are published in advance.
Braised short rib with potato purée and glazed carrots; a chopped salad to start; a single well-chosen cheese with accompaniments; a fruit crisp or a chocolate dessert to finish.
It is American home cooking executed by a kitchen with three-star standards, which is a far rarer thing than it sounds.
The daily menu is published ahead of service, which makes it easy to choose your night around what you want to eat. This is the single most useful habit for anyone booking here.
If fried chicken is listed, that is the night.
With a single menu and no choice, notice matters. Give at least 48 hours for allergies and longer for vegetarian or vegan versions.
The kitchen is genuinely accommodating, but it cannot rewrite a family-style platter at short notice.
Short, thoughtful and priced to be drunk rather than admired, with a strong showing of Napa producers who supply the group's other restaurants.
Ask the server what is drinking well. The recommendations here are unusually honest.
Platters are refilled on request at most services, and nobody leaves hungry. Ordering additional courses is unnecessary.
If you are between activities, this is the meal that will actually sustain a day of tasting rooms.
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