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Downstairs Dinner Menus for the Week of August 18 – August 23, 2008
Monday, August 18 $60
Calamari salad with cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, and purslane
Arista al finocchio: spit-roasted loin of Laughing Stock Farm pork with wild fennel blossoms,
eggplant, peppers, and stone-ground polenta
Roasted Black Mission figs with raspberry ice cream
Tuesday, August 19 $75
Alaskan salmon tartare with cucumbers, tarragon, and chervil
Squash blossom dumplings in broth
Grilled Sonoma Liberty duck breast with Chino Ranch lima beans and sweet corn
Nectarine sherbet coupe with Champagne-raspberry gelée
Wednesday, August 20 $75
Local albacore and tomato salad with anchovy Mayonnaise
Rosemary noodles with fresh cannellini beans and pancetta
Grilled Marin Sun Farm grass-fed beef tagliata with rocket and fried potatoes
Byrne Farm mulberry ice cream pasticcini
Thursday, August 21 $75
Heirloom tomatoes and hand-stretched mozzarella with basil gelée
Shellfish risotto alla veneziana
Grilled Wolfe Ranch quail with chanterelles, sweet corn, and stone-ground polenta
Flavor King pluot tart with cardamom ice cream
Friday, August 22 $95
An apéritif
Yellowfin tuna carpaccio with sweet peppers
Fried stuffed squash blossoms with rocket and tomatoes
Grilled Paine Farm squab with green beans, pancetta, roasted figs, and little turnips
Strawberry and Meyer lemon cassatta
Saturday, August 23 $95
An apéritif
Moroccan vegetable salads
Roasted eggplant and pepper soups
Grilled rack and loin of James Ranch lamb with merguez sausage, okra, and tomatoes
Peach puff pastry tartlet with blackberry ice cream
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Service charge: 17 percent Sales tax: 8 3/4 percent
Corkage: $25 per bottle. $45 per magnum.
1517 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, California 94709
Reservations: (510) 548-5525
Other fish varieties may have to be substituted.
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