Bistro Jeanty

What Bistro Jeanty does

Bistro Jeanty is a single-location French bistro located at 6510 Washington Street in Yountville, California, in the heart of the Napa Valley wine country tourism corridor. Founded in April 1998 by chef and owner Philippe Jeanty, the restaurant operates a traditional French bistro format offering appetizers, entrées, desserts, side dishes, cheese, and a prix fixe menu, with separate lunch and dinner service. The business is family-run and privately held, with no disclosed employees beyond the founder, and no franchise, catering, wholesale, or off-premises operations referenced.

Revenue mechanics are entirely dine-in: table turnover during service (Monday–Thursday 5pm–9pm, Friday–Sunday 11:30am–9pm), beverage sales including wine, and ancillary fees such as corkage ($35 for the first 750ml bottle, $45 per additional bottle, with one waiver per bottle purchased from the house list). The customer base is composed of individual diners — local Napa Valley residents and wine country tourists — with reservations managed through OpenTable and gift card distribution handled via Toast Tab. The business has no disclosed technology stack beyond these third-party services, no AI capabilities, no funding history, and no M&A activity.

The restaurant's primary strategic asset is the founder-chef's identity and reputation, anchored by a James Beard Foundation "Best New Restaurant in America" nomination in 1998 and a Bay Area "Best New Restaurant" award the same year. Operating model is asset-light in the sense of a single physical location with limited staff, but expansion potential is constrained by the absence of any visible reinvestment, hiring, or geographic extension signals in the available data.

Name

Bistro Jeanty

Legal name

Bistro Jeanty

Website

https://bistrojeanty.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Bistro Jeanty is a single-location traditional French bistro in Yountville, Napa Valley, founded in April 1998 by chef-owner Philippe Jeanty. It serves à la carte and prix fixe menus to individual diners, including local residents and wine country tourists, with reservations via OpenTable.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

French Bistro Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810), Retail-Eating Places (5812)

akta.pro primary industry

Brasseries, Bistros & Trattorias (THAFACAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Casual Dining Restaurants (THAFACAB)

Keywords

• French bistro restaurant
• Classic French cuisine
• Napa Valley dining
• Wine country restaurant
• Family-run bistro

Headquarters

HQ city

Yountville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Restaurant Revenue: Revenue generated from food and beverage sales to dine-in customers. Classic French cuisine served during operating hours (Monday-Thursday 5pm-9pm, Friday-Sunday 11:30am-9pm). Additional revenue from corkage fees for BYO wine.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Bistro Jeanty is a family-run French bistro in Yountville, Napa Valley that serves classic home-style French cuisine prepared from fresh, seasonal ingredients. The restaurant offers dine-in service, a private banquet room for events, and gift certificates for purchase, operating during published evening and weekend hours under the culinary direction of founder Chef Philippe Jeanty.

Product overview

Bistro Jeanty operates as a single, unified restaurant offering classic French home-style cuisine. The core offering is dining services led by Chef Philippe Jeanty, featuring seasonal menus in an informal bistro setting. Additional offerings include a banquet room for private events and gift certificates for purchase. The restaurant's wine program includes a corkage fee structure with waived fees for bottles purchased from the house wine list.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dining Services Classic home-style French cuisine served in a comfortable, informal bistro setting with a seasonal menu. Operated Monday-Thursday 5:00pm-9:00pm and Friday-Sunday 11:30am-9:00pm, targeted at wine country visitors and local residents seeking authentic French bistro meals.
• Banquet Room (Private Dining) Private dining space within Bistro Jeanty available for special events and celebrations, with a corkage fee policy applicable for wine pairings during private events.
• Gift Certificates Digital gift certificates for the Bistro Jeanty dining experience, sold online through the Toasttab platform to allow customers to gift the restaurant's French bistro experience to others.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Bouchon Bistro: Thomas Keller's classic French bistro in Yountville, serving traditional French fare in an informal setting. It is the closest direct competitor to Bistro Jeanty in format, cuisine, and Yountville location.
• Angèle Restaurant & Bar: French country restaurant on the Napa River in downtown Napa. It competes for the same Napa Valley clientele looking for classic French fare in an informal, hospitable setting.
• La Toque: French-influenced fine dining restaurant in downtown Napa with a Michelin star. Comparable to Bistro Jeanty as a French-rooted destination restaurant serving Napa Valley diners and visitors.
• French Blue (St. Helena): French-influenced bistro in the Napa Valley town of St. Helena. Overlaps with Bistro Jeanty in cuisine style, casual bistro atmosphere, and target customer base of Napa Valley visitors and wine enthusiasts.

Regional players

• Ad Hoc + Addendum: Thomas Keller's casual, family-style restaurant in Yountville. Comparable to Bistro Jeanty as a neighborhood dining option in Yountville serving comfortable, multi-course meals in an informal setting.
• Mustards Grill: Long-standing Napa Valley bistro known for its mustard-heavy American menu and casual atmosphere. Comparable to Bistro Jeanty as a destination bistro for wine country visitors seeking a relaxed, home-style meal.
• Olivier's Bistro & Wine Bar: French bistro in Napa with a curated wine program and corkage-friendly policy. Comparable to Bistro Jeanty in French cuisine offering, BYO wine culture, and Napa Valley audience.
• The French Laundry: Iconic Thomas Keller fine-dining restaurant also located in Yountville, CA. It is the most prominent French-leaning destination in the same town and competes for the same wine country visitor and celebration-dining use case as Bistro Jeanty.
• Bistro Don Giovanni: Italian-leaning bistro in Napa with a strong wine list and rustic Italian menu. Comparable to Bistro Jeanty as a wine country bistro serving locals and tourists with a seasonal, ingredient-driven menu.
• Redd Wood: Italian wood-fired restaurant by chef Richard Reddington in downtown Napa. Comparable to Bistro Jeanty as a chef-led wine country restaurant serving seasonal, rustic European fare in a relaxed setting.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/BistroJeanty
• Instagraminstagram.com/bistro.jeanty/?hl=en
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/bistro-jeanty

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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