Menu

Food by:

Dinner

Served 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Sun/Mon/Wed, and  5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Thu/Fri/Sat

pantry

- house pickles    $4
rotating salt-fermented & vinegar pickles
- pimenton almonds   $4
- california farm olives   $5
oregano, cumin, orange
- fibrillation (a spicy bar mix)   $5
salty fried monterey sardines, peanuts, green onions, jalapenos, lime

salted and preserved meats

- organic la quercia ham   $12
packet-grilled spring onions
- fatted calf tasso salami   $7
date-celery-almond relish
- liberty farm duck rillettes $7
parsley-pickle salad, dijon mustard
- all three   $18

farmstead cheese

-rogue creamery crater lake blue (oregon)   $7
fennel seed honey
-jasper hill farm clothbound cheddar (vermont)   $6
pear-fennel compote
-jean d’alos st. nectaire (france)   $7
sage-roasted walnuts
-all three $16

small plates

- raw dayboat scallops $9
preserved lemon, fennel oil, radishes, chile flakes, wild arugula
- grilled baby octopus salad $9
lemon, raw onion, roasted potatoes, chermoula
- sweet corn & thyme bread pudding $8
roasted mushrooms, parmesan-reggiano
- twice cooked marin sun farms lamb $13
housemade pita, creamy eggplant, aleppo butter
- parchment baked halibut $12
bok choy, carrots, spring onions, mint, vietnamese flavors
- county line farm little gems $8
green goddess dressing, roasted willey farm beets, cucumbers, shaved french breakfast radishes
- beer shortribs braised with horseradish leaf $12
roasted beets & potatoes, knoll farm horseradish gremoulata

dessert

- bourbon-chocolate chip tart  $6
whipped cream
- fresh cherry financier $6
cherry compote, whipped cream

Brunch

Served 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sat/Sun

- hog island sweetwater oysters $2.50 each
radish-coriander mignonette
- oyster chowder $10
fatted calf bacon, leeks, fennel, potatoes, cream, grilled bread
- 4505′s maple-bacon breakfast sausages (2) $4.50
- roasted yukon gold potatoes with aioli $4.50
- grilled farmstead cheese sandwich $7
a mix of local cheeses, bechamel, housemade bread & butter pickles
- old school eggs benedict $9
housemade english muffins, fatted calf ham, poached eggs, hollandaise sauce
- austin-style migas breakfast tacos $7
scrambled eggs with flour tortillas, avocado salsa, onions, peppers, cheese, jalapenos escabeche
- “el luchador” -$9
austin-style scrambled egg tacos with fatted calf chorizo, avocado salsa, onions, peppers, cheese jalapenos escabeche
- tortilla roulette $8
spanish-style omelet with roasted squash, peppers & onions; aleppo pepper
- tripe, chorizo & tomato stew with poached eggs $8
grilled bread
- steamed sticky date & walnut pudding $6
bourbon sauce
- warm ricotta crepes $5
lemon, butter, sugar

WINE

Focused

These are Heart’s by the glass picks of the moment.

Sherry

The David Foster Wallace of the wine world. Brilliant but misunderstood.

La Cigarrera Manzanilla – $7
Like drinking the sea. But better.
Gutierrez Colosia Elcano Fino – $7
Cate Blanchett elegance at a Jamie Lee Curtis price.
El Maestro Sierra Fino – $10
Saltier than Evelyn Waugh.
El Maestro Sierra Amontillado – $13
Maldon, almonds, ham, smoke, butterscotch and sex.
Gutierrez Colosia Sangre y Trabajadero Oloroso – $9
Nuttier than Nick Nolte.

Outsiders + bubbles

Serious fun.

2009 Christian Venier Gris Gourlaouen Rose – $11
Jaw-droppingly recherche. But doesn’t shave its armpits.
2009 Bisson Ciliegiolo Rose – $11
A serious as shit rose. Call it blush and get smacked.
2009 Thierry Puzelat KO Rose – $9
Rose for the deranged
HM Borges 5-year Madeira – $9
Can kick the shit out of $100 ports with its eyes closed.
2009 Trabanco Cosecha Propia Cider – $5
How ’bout them apples? Drink this all day.
2008 Fremont Brut Cider Par Nature Les Greniers – $9
Smells like a horse farm, tastes like (funky) perfection.
German Gilabert Cava – $9
Champagne – Snobbery = Cava.
2008 Pinon Vouvray Brut Non Dose – $12
Smoke, minerals and fizz.
La Grange Tiphaine Nouveau Nez – $12
I am on a 24 hour Chenin Blanc diet.
2009 Andrea Calek Blonde Petillant – $14
Appley soul wine made by a mohawked French badass in a trailer.

White

From bestdealever to crazyassmofo.

2008 Closerie des Lys Blanc – $6
Our unbelievably good (and cheap) house white.
2006 Branger Muscadet Terroir les Gras Mouton – $8
Sharper than John Nash. Less crazy.
2007 Salomon Sal’mon Steinterrassen Riesling – $12
For the kids that tried to eat rocks.
2007 St. Pauls Pinot Bianco Exclusiv Ploetzner – $10
An ideal matrimony of tropical fruits, minerals and body.
2008 Valli Unite Bianchino – $9
Veuve Clicquot sans bubbles.
2008 Ferrando Erbaluce di Caluso La Torrazza – $11
Someone. Please. Help. Us. Stop. Smelling. This. Wine.
2001 Domaine Aux Moines Savennieres – $12
How often do you get to drink a perfectly mature, 9-year old white? Not very often.
2006 Julien Courtois Originel – $14
Haunting, like an old photograph hidden inside a long-forgotten book.
2008 DeMorgenzon Chenin Blanc – $14
Charlize Theron beauty, J. M. Coetzee intellect, Nelson Mandela power.
2007 Emrich-Schonleber Monzinger Kabinett Riesling – $16
God is a Riesling fan.

Red

From Bota juice to liquid ether.

2005 Tarantas Tempranillo/Cabernet Crianza – $6
The kind of wine you could drink from dusk ‘till dawn.
2009 Clos du Tue-Boeuf Cheverny Rouge – $9
Village Burgundy meets Village Beaujolais. Chaos ensues.
2008 D. Ventura Ribeira Sacra Caneiro – $13
100% (Spanish) terroir.
2007 Occhipinti Nero d’Avola – $15
Black cherry, raspberry, tar, peat moss, cinnamon, salt and basement.
2008 Alta Maria Santa Maria Valley Pinot Noir – $14
Smokey The Bear’s least-favorite wine.
2005 Cavallotto Barbera d’Alba – $14
Dirty truffles.
2005 Le P’tit Paysan California Meritage – $12
If Steinbeck drank wine aboard Rocinante, it’d be this.
2007 Guttarolo Primitivo Gioia del Colle – $14
Funkier than a mosquito’s tweeter.
2006 Paolo Bea San Valentino Umbria Rosso – $15
Howard Roark’s wine of choice. Singular.
2005 Luigi Ferrando Carema Etichetta Bianca – $20
If Mel Gibson sold this wine, we’d still buy it.

Sake

Sake is so good. It makes everything better. Put it in your mouth (and original Heart haiku).

Tentaka Hawk in the Heavens Junmai – $13
Mushroom, Truffle, Earthy Funkiness.
Kanbara Bride of the Fox Junmai Ginjo – $13
Pistachio, Dark Cacao, Honeydew.
Kasum Shiboritate Namazake Genshu – $14
Nuts, Apple, Watermelon Seed.