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SMALL DISHES

Fried Almonds, Olives and Garlic  6.

 

Marinated Frites and Moules   8.

 

Pan-fried Foie Gras Pound Cake with marrow butter and dressed cress  9.

 

 Fried Farm Egg over sautéed mushrooms and leeks with baby kale chips 6.

 

Chef’s Meze Plate: a daily assortment of three little dishes in one  13.

 

MEDIUM DISHES

Local Dayboat Fish Sandwich with za’atar tartar sauce and Jean’s spinach on potato bread with root chips  11.

 

Chicken-fried Pork Steak with spring parsnip potato hash, braised greens and cazador gravy 14.

 

Fresh Maine Crabmeat on a polenta cake with pea shoots, asparagus emulsion, early morels and tomato vinegar 15.

 

Smoked King Salmon on blue corn blini with nettle purée and caper-shallot crème fraîche  12.

 

Fettucine Primavera tossed with butter-poached fiddleheads, treviso radicchio, peas and carrots in a parmesan yellow pepper cream sauce  11.

 

CHEESES [2 ounces]

Our cheese selection changes frequently, this is a sample of what we offer

Chebris – Onetik, Macaye, Spain Aged goat’s milk mountain tomme, firm with caramel notes

paired with spicy citrus fig marmalade

 

Bayley Hazen – Jasper Hill Farm, Greensboro, VT – Pasteurized cow’s milk blue, crumbly yet creamy

paired with pear chutney

 

Taleggio— Lombardi, Italy — Pasteurized cow’s milk, semi-soft, washed rind, slightly tangy with a fruity finish

paired with drunken dates

1 cheese $11    2 cheeses $13    3 cheeses $15

SALADS & SOUPS

Warm Duck Confit Salad with local spinach, celery and radish in a sesame beet dressing 13.

 

Garen's Greens with pickled ramps, fried ricotta and a truffled ramp vinaigrette  12.

 

Hake and Scallop Chowder with smoked fatback, celeriac and potatoes, garnished with pork lardons 9.

 

Rhubarb and Chicken Dumpling Soup with crottin brûlée and shaved artichoke  9.

 

MAIN COURSES

 

Truffled Wild Mushroom Arancini with molten cheese core, served with sautéed escarole and tomato date sauce  18.

 

Stuffed Chicken Leg with assorted rabes, chickpea fried olives and dill yogurt 23.

 

Archer Angus Bistro Steak Frites with dressed wild greens and mushroom leek butter 29.

 

Skillet Baked Ricotta Gnocchi with eggplant caponata and béchamel  19.

 

Butter-poached Monkfish with pinenut black venus rice and parsnip-potato puree  25.

 

 Lamb and Fava Bean Ragout Stuffed Pepper with charred cipollini and sweet potato purée 26.

 

Fez Fish Stew: assorted locally landed fish and Maine mussels simmered with chickpeas and fennel, served with Tunisian couscous in a spicy saffron tomato broth   26.

 

DESSERTS - 8.

 

Meyer Lemon Cake Roll

with rhubarb sauce and candied mint

 

Coconut Haupia

with almond macaroon crust, nut crisp and pineapple sauce

 

Olive Oil Cake with whipped sweet ricotta, marsala prune jam and shaved dark chocolate

 

Maple Walnut Tart
with bacon buttercrunch and maple cream

 

Dark Chocolate Cheesecake
with salted ganache, floral whip and cookie crumble

 

 

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