Addendum
Thomas Keller's fried chicken out of a window, Friday and Saturday, 11am to 2pm. Eat it in the garden or take it away.
Why go
Addendum sits behind Ad Hoc and sells three things: buttermilk fried chicken, a crispy chicken sandwich, a pulled pork sandwich.1 The house calls it an addition or footnote to the Ad Hoc family,
which is about right for a lunch counter attached to a Keller dining room.1 The chicken is the same signature the MICHELIN inspectors name at the restaurant.3 You eat it in the garden or you carry it out.1
Order this / avoid
- Order: the buttermilk fried chicken. It is the thing the kitchen behind this window is known for.1
- Avoid: counting on it any day but Friday or Saturday. The window runs 11am to 2pm and that is the whole week.1
Good to know
- Hours: Friday and Saturday, 11am to 2pm.1
- Format: to-go, or eat it in the garden. No bookings.1
- Same lot as Ad Hoc: the operator files the two as one Yountville property, and Ad Hoc has its own entry.2
- Hygiene: not established. No inspection instrument for this county is on file here.
Verdict
could-visit — Three things on the board and eight hours a week to buy them, which is a real reason to plan a Friday around it and not a reason to build a trip. Thomas Keller's kitchen sells its fried chicken out of a window here, and the same bird is the signature at the restaurant it sits behind. Everything known about this counter comes from the operator, because nothing read this pass reviews it on its own, so the rung rests on the format rather than on anyone's verdict.