Thomas Keller-top-5-NAPA restaurants

Superstar-chef and unofficial Mayor of Yountville, is Thomas Keller of The French Laundry, the bistro and bakery Bouchonand his casual offshoot of Ad-Hoc, fried known for his cult chicken nights. The NAPA powerhouse here shares his favorite local spots. Chef Thomas Keller shares his favorite restaurants Napa.

"In Yountville, Richard speeches thing sound Redd, is a wonderful restaurant," says Thomas Keller of slender spot new American from New York architectural firm Asfour Guzy designed. Flower Bowl in San Francisco with the region of ingredient-driven principles for dishes like pork belly with soy caramel speeches thing sound fuses his experience at the Masa and Sonoma duck with stone fruit mostarda jus.

"Oenotri I like that a lot, is a large, simple restaurant in the downtown Napa," says Keller. "Great pizza and great salads." Chefs Curtis Di Fede and Tyler Rodde change their menu almost every day, channeling South Italy attention pizza and vegetables. Often they combine both, like a pie topped with wood-oven-roasted cauliflower. Defying the local tradition, former French Laundry-sommelier, the sur Lucero focuses on Italian wines.

For something more formal, like Keller, Perry Hoffman Étoile, located in Yountville within Domaine Chandon. Hoffman specialty is globally influenced nouvelle cuisine, this goes also with the winery sparklers, such as an ox tail corn served aspic with sweet white and paired breeding with a 2007 Yountville vintage.

Quick and cheap meals can be hard to get in an area with such a high concentration of world class restaurants. A favorite Insider has cellar select: "I like the tacos Garcia truck in the parking lot outside of Pancha karma." Beef of burritos, it's very easy, "he says." The truck also benefits from the ideal location: the Pancha is a popular dive bar with billiards and beer.

Chef Nick Ritchie worked for five years before taking over these years Rutherford restaurants, which recommends cellar for Michael Chiarello. Ritchie created traditional Ligurian dishes like creamy Lasagnette with pesto Genovese and béchamel sauce.

"" It depends really on someone's sophistication about wine", says Keller."Going to Mondavi or Franciscan is a good way, begin to try on the other hand, in boutique wineries previously must make an appointment. "If you can make time, Ann Colgin Colgin produced beautiful Cabernet and Bordeaux style blends, that are exemplary for the terroir of Napa Valley cellars in St. Helena."

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