David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15756
 | | 04/02/2005 8:35 PM |
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Chocolate Mousse Creme Brulee
Better than the Crepe? No way! | | | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15756
| | 04/12/2005 12:27 AM |
| ALERT!
Fantastic new restaurant opens in Yountville! Raves from the Goldfarbs, Bresslers and Niederauers!
The Wine Garden
Six of us had dinner here last night and what great food and what fun! They call themselves a "tapas-small plate" restaurant with some good ol' American comfort food. Take a look at themenu. We nominated Bob as our captain and he ordered everything for the table. The small dishes just kept coming and coming as we passed each one around the table for each of us to take a nibble. It is really kind of like Willi's in Santa Rosa if you have ever been there.
The wine list is not very good but... listen to this...NO CORKAGE is their policy. We brought in 10 bottles of wine and the only problem we had with the restaurant staff was we had to keep insisting that they didn't have to bring us new glasses for each wine.
And another wonderment (listen to this one Dan)...NO CHARGE BOTTLED WATER your choice gas or no gas.
I know, you don't believe me. But I swear... on my mother's fox stole... it is 100% true.
BUT that's still not all the good stuff. Look at the menu close. Figure out what you might want to eat and add it up. We ate and ate and ate (with an occasional sip of wine) passing all these different small plates around between the six or us and when the bill came...I ALMOST FELL OVER ! The bill was just under $200... for six of us... like under $35 each... for a fantastic fine food fun fxperience... unbelievable! I heartily recommend the place and I look forward for some other reviews fromyou-who-do. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Barrel Filler
Posts:1273
| | 04/12/2005 4:45 PM |
| | Oysters w/ caviar???? Oh mama.... | | | |
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David Walker
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2284
| | 04/12/2005 4:51 PM |
| | Sounds like a great experience, David! I hope the restaurant continues all those policies even after they've been open for a while... | | | |
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kpak
Alaska
Wine Thief
Posts:2968
| | 04/14/2005 2:20 AM |
| I love the menu format:
fingers, hands, etc...
Can't wait for the next trip that way! | |
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits...
ps - friends don't let friends eat farmed salmon. | |
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Randy Sloan
St. Helena
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2075
| | 04/14/2005 4:28 AM |
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I love the menu format:
fingers, hands, etc...
Wait, are we talking about Wendy's?  | |
Randy Sloan
Match Vineyards | |
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David Niederauer
Los Gatos, CA
Master Sommelier
Posts:15756
| | 04/14/2005 5:42 AM |
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I love the menu format:
fingers, hands, etc...
Wait, are we talking about Wendy's?
The real wierd thing is that we brought (and drank) a bottle of "Fred's Hands"   | | | |
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DJ Hombre
Napa Valley, California
Barrel Filler
Posts:1366
| | 04/14/2005 7:08 AM |
| | The Wine Garden is having some issues. They had to cut back on a lot of their cooks and bussers / servers n' whatnot in the last few months. A lot of people got pink slipped. | | | |
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Randy Sloan
St. Helena
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2075
| | 04/15/2005 3:46 AM |
| | Has anyone been to Cafe 29 for dinner? We enjoy their breakfasts (especially the crepes) but don't know how they pull off dinner. We have a rez for Saturday night. | |
Randy Sloan
Match Vineyards | |
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kpak
Alaska
Wine Thief
Posts:2968
| | 04/15/2005 4:52 AM |
| | In so far as I know, they haven't proved it was Wendy's or her dead granny's | |
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits...
ps - friends don't let friends eat farmed salmon. | |
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Randy Wigginton
Wine Connoisseur
Posts:5510
| | 04/15/2005 5:09 AM |
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In so far as I know, they haven't proved it was Wendy's or her dead granny's
Huh? | | | |
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DJ Hombre
Napa Valley, California
Barrel Filler
Posts:1366
| | 04/15/2005 5:19 AM |
| seriously... wtf?  | | | |
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wineismylife
Arlington, TX
Master of Wine
Posts:12265
| | 04/15/2005 1:21 PM |
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In so far as I know, they haven't proved it was Wendy's or her dead granny's
Hey kpak, you getting cabin fever up there?  | |
Joe
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Wine is like potato chips around me...if it's open, it's gone. | |
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winebrat
Sacramento, Ca.
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2326
| | 04/15/2005 2:35 PM |
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The Wine Garden is having some issues. They had to cut back on a lot of their cooks and bussers / servers n' whatnot in the last few months. A lot of people got pink slipped.
Isn't that common in a new restaurant? To overstaff in the beginning, then weed out the positions that are not needed. Or are you saying it is purely a financial descision and the must reduce overhead. | |
"Everyday is worthy of a glass of sparkling wine" - Andrea Immer MS | |
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Bob Bressler
Napa Valley
Wine Lover
Posts:4864
| | 04/15/2005 4:51 PM |
| | alas, still hit or miss. Rumor is that they will renew their lease through the end of the year. | | | |
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ChangeMe
Barrel Filler
Posts:1273
| | 04/15/2005 5:02 PM |
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Wait, are we talking about Wendy's?
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kpak
Alaska
Wine Thief
Posts:2968
| | 04/16/2005 11:55 PM |
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Hey kpak, you getting cabin fever up there?
must be. Thought I heard some bizarre story that it was a dead relative's digit ...  | |
The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has it's limits...
ps - friends don't let friends eat farmed salmon. | |
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auto
Grape Destemmer
Posts:95
| | 04/18/2005 11:05 PM |
| | At at Martini House Wednesday night in St. Helena. Great place, great food, great service. I had the mushroom soup and veal chop, both were excellent. The chica had the duck, even better than the veal chop. A definite recommend. | | | |
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Tom
Barrel Sampler
Posts:2384
| | 04/19/2005 5:54 PM |
| Anybody been to Pere Jeanty? It was recommended and I will be in Napa mid-May. I assume this is different than Bistro Jeanty.
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Budman
Master of Wine
Posts:11877
| | 04/19/2005 7:39 PM |
| | WDoT... Check [url=http://www.vinocellar.com/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=TravelDining&Number=98487&Forum=,f46,&Words="pere%20jeanty"&Searchpage=1&Limit=25&Main=98487&Search=true&where=bodysub&Name=&daterange=0&newerval=&newertype=&olderval=&oldertype=&bodyprev=#Post98487]this[/url] out | | | |
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