Caviar
Served with chopped egg, green onion,
crème fraîche, and toast points

Tsar Nicolai farm-raised Osetra caviar
½ ounce 45.
One ounce 80.

Soups & Salads

French onion soup gratinée 6.75

Salad of the day AQ

Caesar salad 9.25
with grilled chicken breast add 5.

Sandwiches
Croque Monsieur l0.
toasted Niman Ranch smoked ham and Gruyère cheese on toasted levain bread
Croque Madame with over easy egg 11.
Croque Mademoiselle with tomato 11.

Absinthe hamburger 10.50
with Niman Ranch ground-beef, aïoli, romaine lettuce, and red onions on a fresh herb bun
with Gruyère add .75
with sautéed mushrooms and garlic add .75
with Gorgonzola and spicy onions add 1.
with fried egg and spicy onions add 1.
with marinated tomato add 1.

Small
Local Ohlone smoked salmon 12.75
with fried capers, crème fraîche, and grilled levain toast points

Pickled anchovies and Manchego cheese 9.25
with roasted red peppers and arbequina olives

Steamed and chilled Dungeness crab
with white-truffle-scented butter and house-pickled sea beans
half crab 15.
whole crab 30.

Picholine and amfissa olives 4.25
marinated with fresh thyme and orange

Camembert and black-truffle butter 6.75
(Served warm) with toasted walnuts

Chicken liver pate 7.25

Main
Coq au vin 20.
Burgundian red-wine-braised chicken with field mushrooms, pearl onions, and bacon

Grilled fish of the day AQ

Steak frites 20.
Grilled rib-eye steak with French fries and mesclun greens
with Niman Ranch rib-eye add 6.

Sides

Sautéed spinach 7.
with preserved lemon, garlic, and chili flake

Grilled portobello mushroom 6.50
with balsamic vinegar and persillade

French fries 5.
with choice of aïoli, mustard, malt vinegar, or ketchup

- Please note that all menus change daily -