Where to Go, What to Eat, and What to Drink This Month

Chef Jason Franey, formerly of Seattle’s Canlis, was just welcomed as the executive chef at Coastal Luxury Managemente Restaurant 1833 in Monterey, California. A three-time James Beard Best New Chef Northwest nominee, Franey cut his teeth working alongside top talent including Daniel Humm at Eleven Madison Park. 500 Hartnell St.; 83-643-1833. While the French Laundry is closed for renovations, Thomas Keller has launched a pop-up called Ad Lib at Napa’s Silverado Resort and Spa. There, he’ll serve classic American dishes like Carolina Creek shrimp cocktail and root vegetable pot-pie using produce from The French Laundry Culinary Garden. 1600 Atlas Peak Rd.; 707-754-4148. Nordic chef Rene Redzepi, four-time topper of San Pellegrino 50 Best List, has temporarily relocated his Copenhagen restaurant Noma to the Mandarin Oriental Tokyo. Redzepi and his team will apply their hyper-local, foraging-focused approach to Japanese cuisine at the hotel’s Signature restaurant through February 14. $380 a person; 2-1-1 Nihonbashimuromachi, Chuo; 81-3/3270-8800. See the full list here »