LET'S MEET UP...

Where's everyone going this summer? Here's an exceedingly specific guide.

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AT ADDENDUM

Yountville, California

When summer comes to Napa Valley, you'll find everyone you know at these picnic tables.

BY NORMAN VANAMEE

It's open for lunch just three days a week, and only between Memorial and Labor days. A collection of picnic tables set up behind Ad Hoc, the temporary-turned-permanent restaurant opened by Thomas Keller in 2006, Addendum serves three mains: buttermilk fried chicken, fried chicken sandwiches, and pulled pork sandwiches, along with wine and beer. But it's one of Napa Valley's favorite spots for a weekend meal. Wine world luminaries settle in next to contractors cooling down after work next to line chefs from nearby restaurants. "It was just kind of leftover space," Keller said about its inception. "We had an old garden shack out back and turned it into a place where you could order food and get your beverages." People wander around, some with dogs and kids in tow. "When the food comes out, you pick one of the picnic tables to set up. Even Keller, whose restaurants have a combined seven Michelin stars, can't resist. "I grew up eating American comfort food. I always order two pieces of fried chicken and a pulled pork sandwich".

..AT NED'S CLUB

Washington, DC

Looking for discretion? Influence? Branzino? Use this guide to figure out exactly where you want to be inside the capital's hot new members-only club.

BY ANDREW ZUCKER

While sitting by the entrance of Ned's Club, just steps from the White House, is never preferred, here it can mean dinner and a show. Earlier this year Kari Lake, a Trump appointee to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, shared harsh words with Senator Ruben Gallego near the elevator. It's unclear if the two were reprimanded by the club's manager.