Open: Lunch 11:30am - 2:30pm; Dinner 5pm-10:00pm
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Last barlinwine.com visit: 2011
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The Meal:
After many evenings of "california cuisine" we were really excited for a change of pace with our visit Michael Chiarello's Italian restaurant, Bottega. This award winning restaurant serves up Italian food with a "refined twist," utilizing local produce and many house made ingredients like house made ricotta and burata.
Bottega is located in the Vintage Estates Marketplace in a great Yountville spot next to an open public lawn and surrounded by galleries and shops. They have a breezy outdoor "terrazzo" with cushy couches where they serve drinks. Inside, the restaurant is a bit more formal with warm reds and browns, leather and murano glass. My favorite part was their water cups. They serve water in hammered copper tumblers that look great on the table and keep water nice and cold. I was really tempted to buy them (they sell these super cute tumblers for $100 for 4 at Michael Chiarello's Napa Style store across the way which features various housewares, oils, spices and wines) but did go home empty handed.
We went to Bottega after our heaviest day of tasting and couldn't stomach the idea of more wine so we selected a large format beer from the list and decided to share a bunch of plates. With some recommendations from our server we ordered a delicious sampling of dishes including our favorites, the rigatoni with rabbit sugo, caramelized mushrooms, and housemade ricotta and the smoked and braised beef short rib. Everything we had was very rich. I would have preferred a few lighter dishes but I think that was more a factor of what we ordered (in classic Barlin family fashion) as I don't think the whole menu was that heavy.
Our server was very helpful and not put off that we didn't order wine and shared a few dishes between three of us. We really enjoyed Bottega and would love to return for a meal. I would also love to come back for drinks outside to enjoy the setting after a day of tasting.
Recommended food: All of our choices were quite good; the rigatoni was particularly tasty.
Ratings (out of 5):
We went to Bottega after our heaviest day of tasting and couldn't stomach the idea of more wine so we selected a large format beer from the list and decided to share a bunch of plates. With some recommendations from our server we ordered a delicious sampling of dishes including our favorites, the rigatoni with rabbit sugo, caramelized mushrooms, and housemade ricotta and the smoked and braised beef short rib. Everything we had was very rich. I would have preferred a few lighter dishes but I think that was more a factor of what we ordered (in classic Barlin family fashion) as I don't think the whole menu was that heavy.
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| Rigatoni with Rabbit Sugo | Smoked and Braised Short Rib |
Our server was very helpful and not put off that we didn't order wine and shared a few dishes between three of us. We really enjoyed Bottega and would love to return for a meal. I would also love to come back for drinks outside to enjoy the setting after a day of tasting.
Recommended food: All of our choices were quite good; the rigatoni was particularly tasty.
Ratings (out of 5):
 FOOD | 4.50 |  SERVICE | 4.50 |
 ATMOSPHERE | 4.75 |  VALUE | 4.25 |
 OVERALL | 4.50 | ||
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