Bottega is an Italian Restaurant by celebrity chef Micheal Chiarello in Yountville California. The first thing you see is the hostess desk with lighted stones when you walk in…
Behind the hostess desk is one of the dining rooms and to the left is a bar area.
Dining rooms have a patio feel to them.
Tables are formal with linen, heavy silverware, polished glasses and copper hammered cups for water.
Beware of the little container that reads “sale.”
It looks just like grated cheese but it’s salt.
They now charge for bread but it’s only something like a dollar a person. The bread is so good that I woke up the next day tasting it in my mouth.
It’s so crusty and developed with flavors……They also serve the bread with a tasty garlic cheese spread…
We started out by sharing the Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad.
It was made with Marcona Almonds, egg, pecorino and Meyer Lemon Dressing…It was just delicious.
I had the Calabrian Marinated Chicken under a brick.
It’s one of the best chickens I ever tasted. So moist like butter but with a delicious not too spicy Calabrian Chili flavor developed in it and above……Insanely scrumptious………This is really masterful high quality chicken…..Ummm………There is plenty of chicken to eat…actually too much for one person…but nothing else. I think this plate would be best as a sharing plate so you could eat something else with it…..but the bread soaks it up well.
My husband got the Acorn fed Pork Shoulder that came with a Potato Croquette, Pancetta wrapped fruit and Broccoli Rabe.
What a nice combination protein, vegetable, meat wrapped fruit and potato……He loved it!
I saved room for dessert because they are usually great here.
Today we tried the Semi Freddo di Lemon.
It’s good but I don’t taste much lemon. It taste more like kumquat with ice cream topped with meringue and a thin burnt cookie.
The last dessert I had here was really great and I still remember it.
Below is another dish I enjoyed from a past visit.
That was my 2019 visit to Bottega in Yountville CA. – Worth a Fork!
www.BottegaNapaValley.com
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