Menu for January-February
Dinner
Small Plates
Roasted Almonds 4. House Olives 4.
House Salad
Dressings: balsamic vinaigrette, sesame miso, lemon Gorgonzola or blue cheese 5.
Caesar Salad
Romaine lettuce, Manchego cheese, homemade croutons and plump white anchovies with the traditional garlic and lemon dressing. What could be better, you ask? Well, we’ve tweaked and updated our presentation a bit and I have to admit, it’s one of the best Caesar salads around. 9.
Party in Dubai
A study in the elements of taste, Kim developed this addictive salad at home. Salad greens are tossed with medjool dates, kalamata olives, toasted walnuts and thinly-sliced, spicy capacolla, a delicious Italian salami. The salad is dressed by pounding garlic, peppercorns, salt, lemon juice and olive oil together in a mortar and pestle and drizzling it all over the tossed ingredients. 9.
Beet and Blood Orange Salad with Blue Jacket Dairy Feta
We love all the cheeses Angel makes at Blue Jacket Dairy in Bellefontaine. Her latest creation, feta, is especially delicious. Roasted beets and sweetly sexy blood oranges are paired with this locally made creamy feta and dressed with an
anise seed vinaigrette. 9.
Soup of the Day cup 4. bowl 5.5 Black Bean Chili cup 4. bowl 5.5
The Real Deal French Onion Soup
Alright, it’s not totally classic. Our version uses a rich, brown chicken stock instead of the more traditional beef stock. We simmer caramelized onions with garlic, fresh thyme, a healthy dose of dry sherry and add the comforting mixture to the rich stock. It’s ladled into a crock, layered with buttered toasts and broiled with gruyere cheese. Wow. 8.
Cheese Service
Today’s selection of artisan cheeses accompanied by a Medjool date and quince paste. 12.
French Nibble-Mushrooms Cooked Like Escargot
Earthy portabello mushrooms are diced and quickly sautéed Burgundian style with butter, garlic and lemon juice. Served with a Pinot Noir reduction 5.
Garlic Fritters with Tangerine Garlic Aioli
These garliky little fritters are fried until hot and crisp and served with a zingy garlic aioli spiked with tangerine zest and juice. 5.
Catalan Fish
Every year we serve this dish from the Spanish region of Catalunya, a delicious preparation of meaty white fish sautéed with hazelnuts, almonds, raisins and brandy, finished with a bit of lemon butter. 10.
Moroccan Meatballs
Ground lamb meatballs are simmered in a aromatic sauce flavored with warm Moroccan spices. Served with buttered flatbread and garnished with a refreshing parsley salad. 11.
The Best Tapa in the World
Fresh goat cheese is broiled with spicy tomato sauce served with grilled olive oil bread
for spreading. 9.
Large Plates
Seared Salmon, Fingerling Potatoes, and Edamame with Verjus Vinaigrette
This is one of my favorite early spring dishes. Wild Salmon is roasted in a hot oven and served with a vinaigrette made from verjus, unfermented grape juice. Verjus offers a great alternative in vinaigrettes to citrus juice or vinegar. Our vegetable ragout includes wild mushrooms, pearl onions, edamame and fingerling potatoes. 24.
Pork Shank Redemption
A heirloom Berkshire pork shank is braised with Asian spices until juicy and tender. This delicious dish was a runaway hit at our Red Car Winery tasting last Spring. Asian spices just rock with this meltingly tender braised pork shank. A perfect match with Pinot Noir or Riesling…total redemption. 19.
Butternut Squash Ravioli with Vanilla-Infused Brown Butter
This wonderful ravioli is stuffed with butternut squash and savory Italian cheeses. Served with roasted kabocha squash, sautéed spinach, toasted walnuts and a nutty, aromatic, vanilla brown butter. 19.
Grilled Game Hen
A partially deboned organic game hen is marked on the grill, then roasted in a hot oven and drizzled with a delicious sauce of Meyers dark rum, lemon zest and shallots. Served with black barley risotto. 24.
Spanish Style Grilled Steak
Strip steak is one of the most flavorful cuts of beef available. It has a beefy essence and toothsome texture. This month the steak is topped with Spanish blue cheese butter and served with Amontillado roasted Cipollini onions. 27.
Roasted Trout
This is one of our most requested dishes (aside from Pumpkin Squash Lasagna). Fresh whole trout is roasted with pecan cornbread stuffing and sweet crab meat. Drizzled with beurre blanc –the famous white butter sauce of France. 24.