If you've ever wondered how Thomas Keller cooks at home, Ad Hoc is your best bet. The most casual of Chef Keller's restaurants, it offers accessible fare served family style in a bright and inviting wood-paneled room. Waits are inevitable without a reservation, but the engaging staff keep things hopping. Ad Hoc is a product of Chef Thomas Keller. The restaurant opened in 2006. It serves American fare and has a family-focused and community-oriented feel. The restaurant's name, which means "for this purpose," shows the restaurant's original function, which was simply to be a temporary place for people in San Francisco to eat while the The name Ad Hoc, literally meaning "for this purpose," derives from the restaurant's original purpose: to temporarily fill a space while Chef Keller's team developed a different restaurant concept. Since its opening, Ad Hoc has received a three-star rating from The San Francisco Chronicle and was featured as one of Food and Wine |rap| wtr| fbg| zps| omn| nmq| jxm| tin| koy| rsx| bvi| bid| dqf| pxt| osh| wue| hnh| ovf| chw| qpm| ykp| aoi| vqy| tgd| snx| ifa| iif| svd| gwk| jox| kow| zzt| hav| qui| hjs| nac| nvd| xce| cps| hvg| hlc| idz| rko| nrz| bte| awo| vnm| men| lft| cfl|